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Personal info

Full name
FOUST, Corbet
Date of birth
26 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34866249
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
3415th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 June 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 6

Immediate family

Members
Corbet A. Foust (father)
Dora Foust (mother)
Maggie B. Foust (sister)
Mildred E. Foust (sister)
Geraldine (Mason) Foust (wife)
Willie J. Foust (son)

More information

Pfc Corbet Foust Jr. was employed as a porter at the Southern Railway station before he enlisted in June 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

According to a newspaper article, Pfc Foust drowned. No further details are known.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Registration Cards, www.findagrave.com - Brad, Greensboro Daily News Aug. 5, 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Brad