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Personal info

Full name
DAWSON, Foster Diamond
Date of birth
16 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hometown
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39622274
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Ollmuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 77

Immediate family

Members
William H. Dawson (father)
Anna J. Dawson (mother)
Henry M. Dawson (brother)

More information

Pfc Foster D. Dawson graduated from Anaconda High School with the class of 1942 and was employed in the converter department at the Anaconda Reduction Works.

He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Montana Birth Index, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com – The Montana Standard Montana 28 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten,www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Anaconda High School Montana