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FOUST, Charles Robert - Date of
birth
29 December 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Guilford County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14062904 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Half-Track Driver -
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
High ground southeast of St. Vith, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Milton C. Foust (father)
Jessie M. (Mc Neely) Foust (mother)
Milton M. Foust (brother)
More information
T/5 Charles R. Foust's company had the mission of defending St Vith against the advancing enemy and he was with his platoon, 1700 yards east of St Vith, when cut off and isolated. The last contact the company had with the platoon was by radio and the company was informed that the enemy was closing in.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WW2Memorial, Archives, 7thArmoredDivision, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Brad, Greensboro Daily News