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FOSTER, Lee Byron - Date of
birth
18 September 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Mercer County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Rose Hill, Mercer County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35480953 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Remoncourt, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 43 | 11 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Ulysses G. Foster (father)
Bertha L. (Carpenter) Foster (mother)
Hestell Foster (sister)
Edna M. Foster (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Lee B. Foster attended high school for four years and was employed at the Mercer County Board of Education before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 5 June 1942.He was killed by small arms fire.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Julie
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy