THE WALL OF FACES

Sergeant First Class Albert Dean Foster, Served with the Headquarters Detachment, Long Lines Battalion (South), Regional Communications Group, 1st Signal Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

You were my son Matt Garvin's great uncle. You sister Marge is his grandmother. They often spoke about you and love you deeply.

SSG Albert D. Foster was a Unit Supply Sergeant serving with Headquarters Detachment, Long Lines Battalion (South), Regional Command Group, 1st Signal Battalion. The 1st Signal Battalion was responsible for communications support throughout South Vietnam, operating and maintaining telephones, teletypewriters, and data and facsimile lines. The Regional Command Group operated these extensive communications and electronics systems at over two hundred sites. One was on “VC Hill” (Hill 245), located two miles northwest of Vung Tau city in Phuoc Tuy Province, RVN. On May 10, 1969, SSG Foster was driving a jeep on the steep road on VC Hill when he lost control of the vehicle and went over the side. The jeep overturned and Foster suffered a fatal head injury. His body was taken to the 36th Evacuation Hospital in Vung Tau where he was declared dead by medical staff. Foster was posthumously promoted to Sergeant First Class. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Dear SFC Albert Foster,
Thank you for your service as an Unit Supply Sergeant. It is now fall, and as the seasons pass, it is important to remember you all. It has been too long, and it's about time for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.