Foster, Dewey Wingate, 2LT

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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant
Last Service Branch
Aviation
Last Primary MOS
AAF 1056-Pilot Single-Engine Fighter
Last MOS Group
Aviation
Primary Unit
1944-1944, AAF 1056, USAAF 5th Air Force
Service Years
- 1944
Aviation
Second Lieutenant

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Home State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
 Year of Birth
1920
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Cushing		 Last Address
308 East Cherry Street
Payne County
Cushing, Oklahoma
Casualty Date
Apr 11, 1944		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Papua New Guinea		 Conflict
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater/New Guinea Campaign (1943-44)
Location of Interment
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section: Ad Plot 265

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   1944-1944, AAF 1056, USAAF 5th Air Force

Second Lieutenant
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January / 1944 		To Month/Year
April / 1944
Unit
USAAF 5th Air Force Unit Page
Rank
Second Lieutenant		 MOS
AAF 1056-Pilot Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Fort or City
Dumpu		State/Country
Papua New Guinea
  
 
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USAAF 5th Air Force
Type
Light Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Pacific Theater 		Strength
Command
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Mar 11, 2011
   
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2nd Lt. Dewey W. Foster, U.S. Army Air Forces, 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, was lost on April 11, 1944, northwest of Dumpu, Papua New Guinea, while on an escort mission in his P-47 D Thunderbolt aircraft. His remains were identified on Nov. 2, 2010.
   
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MacDonald, Charles Henry, COL, (1938-1947) AV AAF 1081 Colonel
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Mahurin, Walker Melville, LTC, (1941-1947) AV AAF 1081 Lieutenant Colonel
Loisel, John Simon, LTC, (1941-1947) AV AAF 1081 Major
Paschal, Thomas Clayton, CPT, (1940-1944) AV AAF 1093 Captain
Craig, Edward E., 1LT AV AAF 1060 First Lieutenant
Gullion, James P., 1LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1035 First Lieutenant
Bird, Vernal J., 2LT, (1941-1944) AV AAF 1060 Second Lieutenant
Eastman, Arthur F,, 2LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1054 Second Lieutenant
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Brown, Lawrence, S/SGT, (1941-1945) AAF AAF 612 Staff Sergeant
May, Marion Bert, S/SGT, (1941-1944) AAF AAF 737 Staff Sergeant
Painter, Carl, S/SGT, (1943-1945) AV AAF 613 Staff Sergeant
Pinter, Harold Philip, S/SGT, (1942-1946) OD 684 Staff Sergeant
Chapman, Elma Clinton, SGT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 749 Sergeant
Harm, Walter G., SGT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Licari, Dominick J., SGT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Ward, James P, Cpl, (1943-1945) AD 597 Corporal
Dove, Paul, PFC, (1942-1945) TC 931 Private First Class
Alsup, John Creg, CPT, (1941-1945) Captain
Hamburger, Robert Newfield, 1LT, (1942-1945) First Lieutenant
Aaron, William Roy, T/SGT, (1942-1945) Technical Sergeant
Masters, George W., T/SGT, (1941-1945) Technical Sergeant
Besley, Laura E., S/SGT, (1942-1945) Staff Sergeant
King, Richard F, S/SGT, (1942-1944) Staff Sergeant
Loomis, Kenneth, SGT, (1942-1945) Corporal
Loomis, Kenneth, SGT, (1942-1945) Private First Class
110th Reconnaissance Squadron
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Thompson, Robert Charles, S/SGT, (1941-1944) Staff Sergeant
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323rd Bomb Squadron
Streets, Henry James, T/SGT, (1942-1945) AAF AAF 611 Technical Sergeant
328th Bomb Squadron
Sandberg, Richard, SGT, (1943-1945) AAF AAF 611 Sergeant
408th Bomber Squadron
Luckenbach, Elgin Julius, S/SGT, (1942-1944) AAF AAF 2750 Staff Sergeant
May, Marion Bert, S/SGT, (1941-1944) AAF AAF 737 Staff Sergeant
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Parkinson, William Riddick, 2LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1093 Second Lieutenant

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