Rank and Name, Radioman Second Class Charles Robert Foster.
Unit/Placed in, U.S.C.G.C. Escanaba (WPG-77) Cutter, United States Coast Guard.
The U.S.C.G.C. Escanaba (WPG-77), on February 3, 1943, participated in the rescue of the survivors of the S.S. Dorchester, which had been sunk in the Labrador Sea by a torpedo from a German U-Boat.
Charles is born approx. on 1921 in Illinois.
Father, Jesse James Foster.
Mother, Ellen Pearl (Saville) Foster.
Sister(s), Gladys Foster.
Charles enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 228041.
Charles was KIA when the USCGC Escanaba was on Escort Convoy near New Foundland, probable that the cutter was sunk by a drifting mine on 13 June 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GZXM-91C
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
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National Historian
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