Foster, George Wallace, 1LT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1918-1918, 1542, 26th Division

Service Years
1917 - 1918

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Vermont

Year of Birth
1894

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Casualty Info

Home Town Cuttingsville/Shrewsbury	Last Address Cuttingsville/Shrewsbury
Casualty Date Oct 25, 1918
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location France	Conflict World War I

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1918, World War I Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1918-1918, 1542, D Company, 1st Battalion, 101st Infantry
	1918-1918, 1542, 26th Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1918-1918 World War I
	1918-1918 World War I/Somme Defensive Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Lys Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Aisne Campaign/World War I/The Battle of Cantigny
	1918-1918 World War I/Aisne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Aisne-Marne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/St. Mihiel Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign/Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase 2
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign/Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase 3

Colleges Attended



	1913-1917, University of Vermont

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

1st Lt. Foster was interred in Laurel Glen Cemetery, Cuttingsville, Vermont.

He served with Company D, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry ("Yankee") Division. A.E.F..

Once in France, he participated in every engagement of the 101st Infantry between 8 February 1918 and 25 October 1918, including:
Chemin-des-Dames Sector,
Toul Sector
Pas Fini Sector
Aisne-Marne Offensive
St. Mihiel Offensive
Troyan Sector
Meuse-Argonne Offensive

He was killed in the Argonne Forest, France.

Comments/Citation:

Vermont in the Great War, 1917-1919, Published 1928;
Chapter II, Vermont Casualties, Killed in Action or Died in Service;
Page 302

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