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

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1918, World War I Fallen

Image

WWI Victory Medal - 1918

Name of Award
WWI Victory Medal

Devices

Silver Star Gallantry Device

Worn on the Medal for Gallantry (predecessor of the Silver Star Medal)

Year Awarded
1918

Last Updated:
Mar 31, 2016

This ribbon does not rate any devices for subsequent awards

Details Behind Award

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 Secto,
Pas Fini Sector
Aisne-Marne Offensive,
St. Mihiel Offensive
Troyan Sector
Meuse-Argonne Offensive

He was killed in the Argonne Forest, France

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