Marvin Lee Foster ★ Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from Texas
On March 16, 1969 Lieutenant Colonel Foster was declared a casualty of the Vietnam War. ★ He served with honor in the United States Army. ★ He is remembered by the people of Texas. ★ May his positive example inspire us. Working together towards peace, mutual respect, and equality for all.
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Service Details
| This Profile ID | 272943 |
| Service ID | 462340725 |
| Name | Marvin Lee Foster |
| From | Hubbard, Hill County, Texas |
| Birth Date | December 12, 1929 |
| Casualty Date | March 16, 1969 |
| War | Vietnam War |
| Service Branch | Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Specialty | Unit Commander |
| Unit/Group | 20th Engineer Brigade, 36th Engineer Battalion, 34th Engineer Group, B Company |
| Casualty Type | Died while missing, non-hostile action .. air crash on land |
| Location | South Vietnam |
| Burial | Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial |
| Remembered | 
Marvin Lee Foster is buried or memorialized at Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. This is an American Battle Monuments Commission location.  Marvin is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC. Name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 29w, Line 52. |
Additional Details
Lieutenant Colonel Foster was a member of Headquarters, United States Army, Vietnam.On March 16, 1969, he was a passenger on the Beech Ute Utility Aircraft U-21A #66-18007 making a routine flight from Qui Nhon airfield in South Vietnam, headed for Phu Bai airport near Hue. They encountered bad weather and contact was lost when the aircraft was about one kilometer west of Truoi Mountain, Quang Nam Province. Combat search and rescue units scoured the area, both land and sea, for the next eight days, but did not find the missing aircraft. Those onboard were reported as missing, with Foster officially being declared dead on October 10, 1978. in April and May of 2000, a JPAC team excavated an area about 25 miles northwest of Da Nang, where they found aircraft debris and additional human remains. His remains were among those previously recovered on April 07, 1988 and he was positively identified on April 05, 2005. He was repatriated to the United States and laid to rest at Evanston City Cemetery in Wyoming. We identified 5 casualties in our archive related to the #66-18007 incident on March 16, 1969.
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Commendations + Awards
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★ National Defense Service Medal
★ Vietnam Campaign Medal
★ Vietnam Service Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Vietnam Gallantry Cross
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