Ralph Eugene Foulks Jr.

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 163
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromRidgecrest California
Date of DeathJanuary 5 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Foulks, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Attack Squadron 163, Carrier Air Wing 16 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On January 5, 1968, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on a night reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. Contact was lost when his aircraft was at Phat Diem, Ninh Binh Province, North Vietnam. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on January 12, 1993. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.