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S/Sgt Todd S. Foster enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 1 December 1942.

S/Sgt. Foster was a member of the original cadre. He was appointed sergeant on 12 May, 1944 and staff sergeant on 18 July 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.

According to the Company Morning Report of 4 December 1944, S/Sgt Foster was reported killed in action on 4 December 1944 in Lindern, Germany. By this time the company had been off the line for two days. 4 December most likely the date his body was recovered from the battlefield.

Eyewitness accounts indicate that S/Sgt Foster was killed in action during the morning of 29 November 1944. He was leading a squad of the second platoon that became lost in the darkness and missed a crucial turn during the early stages of the attack. Instead of moving directly toward the objective the platoon veered off toward a different segment of the German lines where they were pinned down by enemy fire. When S/Sgt Foster stood up to try and determine what was going on he was apparently hit by machine gun fire. He was the platoon's only fatality. The rest, including one and possibly two men who were wounded, were taken prisoner.

S/Sg. Foster, tall, slender, and soft-spoken, he is remembered as a young Southern gentlemen of quality and as a well-respected non commissioned officer.