Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate Second Class Alvin Buckley Foster.
Unit/Placed in, USS Escolar (SS-294) Submarine, United States Navy.
Alvin is born approx. on 7 Dec. 1921 in Thornton, Texas.
Father, Alfred Ambrose Foster.
Mother, Mary R. (Hansen) Foster.
Brother(s), Walter Jackson and Billy Bob Foster.
Alvin enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 3604875.
Alvin was MIA, lost at sea, cause unknown on 17 Oct. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alvin is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/foster-a-b.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHNF-PTC
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
