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WILLIE JAMES FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordWillie James Foster, of West Point, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- West Point, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 1
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- STEVE GOMEZSergeant · May 25, 1968
- LINWOOD GOUGHCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
From West Point
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY IIISergeant · January 28, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
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.