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Submitted: 6/1/22 • Approved: 6/2/22 • Last Updated: 6/5/22 • R517453-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS 264 Infantry 66 Division
World War II
March 2, 1925-December 25, 1944
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Soldier From Hereford Killed
HEREFORD, Feb. 19 (Spl.) - Pfc. William S.D. Foster was killed in action on the Western Front Dec. 25, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Foster of Pendleton, Ore., formerly of Hereford, have been notified. They will receive his Purple Heart award. Foster was killed in his first battle engagement, relatives here believe.
(Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) - 19 Feb 1945, Mon - Page 3)
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Foster Killed In Sinking of Army Transport
Pfc. S.D. Foster, reported as killed on Dec. 25 in the European Theatre, is now revealed to have been one of 248 men killed when an Army Transport enroute from England to a port on the Continent was sunk on Christmas Day.
The news was received from the War Department by young Foster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Foster of Pendleton, Ore. Five hundred seventeen other men were listed as missing in the transport sinking.
Pvt. Foster, 19 years old, was reared in Hereford and attended Hereford schools, graduating from Hereford High School in 1943 and enlisting in the Army soon after his graduation.
Survivors, besides his parents, include two brothers, Leroy, who is in the Navy, and Duane, who is with his parents in Pendleton, Ore.
Pvt. Foster had visited here in the E.E. Doak home last fall. He had been overseas only a short time.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 45th Year-Number 7, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, February 15, 1945, Page 1)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: William S D Foster
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1925
Birth Place: Floydada, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 4 Mar 1943
Registration Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: Student
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Otis Foster
Household Members:
Name Relationship
William S D Foster Self (Head)
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: William S D Foster
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1925
Death Date: 25 Dec 1944
Cemetery: West Park Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Hereford, Texas
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