Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Second Class Clarence Clinton Foster.
Unit/Placed in, USS Edsall (DD-219) Destroyer, United States Navy.
Clarence is born approx. on 8 March 1920 in Arkansas.
Father, Edgar Ray Foster.
Mother, Fay H. Foster.
Sister(s), Mary K. Foster.
Brother(s), John E. Foster.
Clarence enlisted the service in Kansas with service number # 3421408.
Clarence was KIA When the USS Edsall came under Fire by the Japanese Navy, near Christmas Island, Java Sea on 1 March 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Clarence is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138141
https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/DD-219.html
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/108772262/clarence-clinton-foster
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/225456614/clarence-clinton-foster
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56760323/clarence-clinton-foster
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/
