Vietnam War
Unit | 6250th Combat Support Group |
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Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Lockport New York |
Date of Death | March 9 1966 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Staff Sergeant Foster was a member of the 6250th Combat Support Group. On March 9, 1966, he was a crew member of a Chinook Spooky Attack Aircraft Gunship I (AC-47D) on a combat mission over the A Shau Valley, Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down by hostile fire. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.