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Personal info

Full name
FOSS, John Richard
Date of birth
25 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Thorsby, Clinton County, Alabama
Hometown
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34707354
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 May 1944
Place of death
Helmstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 40 28

Immediate family

Members
Carl R. Foss Sr. (father)
Charlotte T. (Turnquist) Foss (mother)
Kathryn M. Foss (sister)
Edith E. (Mason) Foss (sister)
Ruth M. Foss (sister)
Carl R. Foss Jr. (brother)
Robert E. Foss (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52638
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Skeeter II
Mission: Bombing
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 5029

More information

Sgt John R. Foss graduated from Fairfield High School of Fairfield and worked as a clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Mc Clellan, Alabama on 24 February 1943.

Eye wittnes report of 1st Lt. William F. Bonner (O-679034): We were over the target when we were attacked by enemy aircraft. It was during the third wave of fighters that

His brother, S/Sgt Carl Reuben Foss Jr, was killed in action on 15 September 1943 and is buried at the Punch Bowl National Cemetery in Hawaii.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, ABMC, National Archives, Footnote, FindAGrave, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, Wendy Lensink, Fairfield High School Alumni Association