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WILLIE FRANK FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – March 4, 1968
Service recordWillie Frank Foster, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 63
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 63
- THOMAS GLENN DEFOSSEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ADRIAN LEROY DELCAMPMajor · March 4, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFORD DUNNPrivate · March 4, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN FLEMINGLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 59
- TERRENCE WILLIAM ACHORPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 60
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 61
- ADRIAN LEROY DELCAMPMajor · Panel 42E, Line 63
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 64
- ROBERT EUGENE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 66
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42E, Line 67
- ROBERT W KOIVUPALO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 67
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 71
- JEREMIAS ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 71
- ROBERT HARVEY WALKERSpecialist Five · Panel 43E, Line 2
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.