Foster, Donald Vernon – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Donald Vernon Foster.

Unit/Placed in, 371st Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Donald is born on 1924 in Ohio.

Father, John Henry Foster.

Mother, Florence (Moser) Foster.

Sister(s), Betty Jane Foster.

Donald enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 31261163.

Donald‘s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

2^nd Lt. Gayle W. Kizer Pilot

F/O Beryl Prizker Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. David G. Pfeiffer Navigator

1^st Lt. Lester Kerablum Bombardier

SSgt. Peter Curletti Engineer

Sgt. Durward R. Fleed Asst. Engineer

SSgt. Donald V. Foster Radio Operator

Sgt. William J. Reynolds Asst. Radio Operator

SSgt. Raymond C. Delanga Gunner

Sgt. Seymour Kann Asst. Gunner

Donald was KIA/MIA on a Combat Mission when the plane was never heart off on 22 October 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Donald is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9HR-WLT

https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/indonesia/kornasoren/1944/kornasoren-airstrip.html

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