Brother of Nellie Pearl Foster, who married Bill Glass, uncle of my husband.
This memorial is for William Ralph Foster, one of so many brave and skillful men of all ranks and grades who sacrificed and gave their lives for the Victory of Freedom from horrible oppression.
Parents: Stacie S & Ethel Pearl [Lumsden] Foster
Siblings: Nellie Pearl Glass mem# 16907352 and Stacey Scott Foster mem# 101052127
Timeline:
Born: 17 Sep 1913, Davie County, North Carolina; NC Birth & Death Indexes 1800-2000: William Ralph Foster; Parent1: Stacie S Foster; Parent2: Pearl Lumsden.
1920; US Fed Census: Res: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 28; Pearl Foster, wife, 24; Ralph Foster, son, age 6.
1930: US Fed Census: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 43; Pearl Foster, wife, age 38; Ralph Foster, son, 16; Nellie Foster, daughter, 9; Stacey Foster, son, 7.
16 Oct 1940: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, US; William Ralph Foster, 5'11"-157 lbs-blue eyes-brown hair-dark complexion; employer: Dacotah Cotton Mill, Lexington, NC; person who will always know your address: Stacey Foster, father; later, hand-written at the top of the card: "killed in action"
1942: 5th Division assigned to Iceland, shipped out piecemeal, the last units arriving 16 May, 1942.
Aug 1943: The Division moved from Iceland to Tidworth Barracks, England…
Oct 1943: Then to Northern Ireland for advanced training for the invasion of France…
9 July 1944: The 5th Division landed in France at Utah Sugar Red Beach, in the St. Mere Eglise area, first assigned to relieve the 1st Division of the Normandy D-Day landings of June 6th-(a significant turning point in WWII which led to the restoration of the German occupied French Republic); Battled in the front lines at Caumont…
July-August 1944: France: Hot, full of shell-shattered towns, dead cows, mines, a stench in the air, with the constant sound of planes overhead & artillery fire; Advancing slowly with heavy resistance across France...on their way to Germany…
8 August 1944: Company K helped capture the south railway bridge, intact, before the Germans could reach it and blow it up, giving direct access into the city of Angers, the principal exit point for the fleeing German troops...
9 August 1944: The chateau of Chateaubriand and the ridge on the south of Angers were secured.
Died: 9 August 1944, Angers, France; William R Foster, Private 1st Class, K-Rifle Company, 11th Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, WWII; Killed in Action.
U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms: William Ralph Foster; WWII deceased returned from plot B, row 6, grave 130, St. James Cemetery, Avaranches, France. Birth Date: 17 Sep 1913; Death Date: 9 Aug 1944.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead 1939-1945: William R Foster; Religion: Protestant; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Private First Class.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites: William Ralph Foster; Service Info: PVT 1C US ARMY; Interment: 21 July 1948, Salisbury National Cemetery.
This memorial is for William Ralph Foster, one of so many brave and skillful men of all ranks and grades who sacrificed and gave their lives for the Victory of Freedom from horrible oppression.
Parents: Stacie S & Ethel Pearl [Lumsden] Foster
Siblings: Nellie Pearl Glass mem# 16907352 and Stacey Scott Foster mem# 101052127
Timeline:
Born: 17 Sep 1913, Davie County, North Carolina; NC Birth & Death Indexes 1800-2000: William Ralph Foster; Parent1: Stacie S Foster; Parent2: Pearl Lumsden.
1920; US Fed Census: Res: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 28; Pearl Foster, wife, 24; Ralph Foster, son, age 6.
1930: US Fed Census: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 43; Pearl Foster, wife, age 38; Ralph Foster, son, 16; Nellie Foster, daughter, 9; Stacey Foster, son, 7.
16 Oct 1940: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, US; William Ralph Foster, 5'11"-157 lbs-blue eyes-brown hair-dark complexion; employer: Dacotah Cotton Mill, Lexington, NC; person who will always know your address: Stacey Foster, father; later, hand-written at the top of the card: "killed in action"
1942: 5th Division assigned to Iceland, shipped out piecemeal, the last units arriving 16 May, 1942.
Aug 1943: The Division moved from Iceland to Tidworth Barracks, England…
Oct 1943: Then to Northern Ireland for advanced training for the invasion of France…
9 July 1944: The 5th Division landed in France at Utah Sugar Red Beach, in the St. Mere Eglise area, first assigned to relieve the 1st Division of the Normandy D-Day landings of June 6th-(a significant turning point in WWII which led to the restoration of the German occupied French Republic); Battled in the front lines at Caumont…
July-August 1944: France: Hot, full of shell-shattered towns, dead cows, mines, a stench in the air, with the constant sound of planes overhead & artillery fire; Advancing slowly with heavy resistance across France...on their way to Germany…
8 August 1944: Company K helped capture the south railway bridge, intact, before the Germans could reach it and blow it up, giving direct access into the city of Angers, the principal exit point for the fleeing German troops...
9 August 1944: The chateau of Chateaubriand and the ridge on the south of Angers were secured.
Died: 9 August 1944, Angers, France; William R Foster, Private 1st Class, K-Rifle Company, 11th Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, WWII; Killed in Action.
U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms: William Ralph Foster; WWII deceased returned from plot B, row 6, grave 130, St. James Cemetery, Avaranches, France. Birth Date: 17 Sep 1913; Death Date: 9 Aug 1944.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead 1939-1945: William R Foster; Religion: Protestant; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Private First Class.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites: William Ralph Foster; Service Info: PVT 1C US ARMY; Interment: 21 July 1948, Salisbury National Cemetery.
Brother of Nellie Pearl Foster, who married Bill Glass, uncle of my husband.
This memorial is for William Ralph Foster, one of so many brave and skillful men of all ranks and grades who sacrificed and gave their lives for the Victory of Freedom from horrible oppression.
Parents: Stacie S & Ethel Pearl [Lumsden] Foster
Siblings: Nellie Pearl Glass mem# 16907352 and Stacey Scott Foster mem# 101052127
Timeline:
Born: 17 Sep 1913, Davie County, North Carolina; NC Birth & Death Indexes 1800-2000: William Ralph Foster; Parent1: Stacie S Foster; Parent2: Pearl Lumsden.
1920; US Fed Census: Res: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 28; Pearl Foster, wife, 24; Ralph Foster, son, age 6.
1930: US Fed Census: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 43; Pearl Foster, wife, age 38; Ralph Foster, son, 16; Nellie Foster, daughter, 9; Stacey Foster, son, 7.
16 Oct 1940: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, US; William Ralph Foster, 5'11"-157 lbs-blue eyes-brown hair-dark complexion; employer: Dacotah Cotton Mill, Lexington, NC; person who will always know your address: Stacey Foster, father; later, hand-written at the top of the card: "killed in action"
1942: 5th Division assigned to Iceland, shipped out piecemeal, the last units arriving 16 May, 1942.
Aug 1943: The Division moved from Iceland to Tidworth Barracks, England…
Oct 1943: Then to Northern Ireland for advanced training for the invasion of France…
9 July 1944: The 5th Division landed in France at Utah Sugar Red Beach, in the St. Mere Eglise area, first assigned to relieve the 1st Division of the Normandy D-Day landings of June 6th-(a significant turning point in WWII which led to the restoration of the German occupied French Republic); Battled in the front lines at Caumont…
July-August 1944: France: Hot, full of shell-shattered towns, dead cows, mines, a stench in the air, with the constant sound of planes overhead & artillery fire; Advancing slowly with heavy resistance across France...on their way to Germany…
8 August 1944: Company K helped capture the south railway bridge, intact, before the Germans could reach it and blow it up, giving direct access into the city of Angers, the principal exit point for the fleeing German troops...
9 August 1944: The chateau of Chateaubriand and the ridge on the south of Angers were secured.
Died: 9 August 1944, Angers, France; William R Foster, Private 1st Class, K-Rifle Company, 11th Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, WWII; Killed in Action.
U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms: William Ralph Foster; WWII deceased returned from plot B, row 6, grave 130, St. James Cemetery, Avaranches, France. Birth Date: 17 Sep 1913; Death Date: 9 Aug 1944.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead 1939-1945: William R Foster; Religion: Protestant; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Private First Class.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites: William Ralph Foster; Service Info: PVT 1C US ARMY; Interment: 21 July 1948, Salisbury National Cemetery.
This memorial is for William Ralph Foster, one of so many brave and skillful men of all ranks and grades who sacrificed and gave their lives for the Victory of Freedom from horrible oppression.
Parents: Stacie S & Ethel Pearl [Lumsden] Foster
Siblings: Nellie Pearl Glass mem# 16907352 and Stacey Scott Foster mem# 101052127
Timeline:
Born: 17 Sep 1913, Davie County, North Carolina; NC Birth & Death Indexes 1800-2000: William Ralph Foster; Parent1: Stacie S Foster; Parent2: Pearl Lumsden.
1920; US Fed Census: Res: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 28; Pearl Foster, wife, 24; Ralph Foster, son, age 6.
1930: US Fed Census: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina; Stacey S Foster, head, age 43; Pearl Foster, wife, age 38; Ralph Foster, son, 16; Nellie Foster, daughter, 9; Stacey Foster, son, 7.
16 Oct 1940: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947: Res: Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, US; William Ralph Foster, 5'11"-157 lbs-blue eyes-brown hair-dark complexion; employer: Dacotah Cotton Mill, Lexington, NC; person who will always know your address: Stacey Foster, father; later, hand-written at the top of the card: "killed in action"
1942: 5th Division assigned to Iceland, shipped out piecemeal, the last units arriving 16 May, 1942.
Aug 1943: The Division moved from Iceland to Tidworth Barracks, England…
Oct 1943: Then to Northern Ireland for advanced training for the invasion of France…
9 July 1944: The 5th Division landed in France at Utah Sugar Red Beach, in the St. Mere Eglise area, first assigned to relieve the 1st Division of the Normandy D-Day landings of June 6th-(a significant turning point in WWII which led to the restoration of the German occupied French Republic); Battled in the front lines at Caumont…
July-August 1944: France: Hot, full of shell-shattered towns, dead cows, mines, a stench in the air, with the constant sound of planes overhead & artillery fire; Advancing slowly with heavy resistance across France...on their way to Germany…
8 August 1944: Company K helped capture the south railway bridge, intact, before the Germans could reach it and blow it up, giving direct access into the city of Angers, the principal exit point for the fleeing German troops...
9 August 1944: The chateau of Chateaubriand and the ridge on the south of Angers were secured.
Died: 9 August 1944, Angers, France; William R Foster, Private 1st Class, K-Rifle Company, 11th Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, WWII; Killed in Action.
U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms: William Ralph Foster; WWII deceased returned from plot B, row 6, grave 130, St. James Cemetery, Avaranches, France. Birth Date: 17 Sep 1913; Death Date: 9 Aug 1944.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead 1939-1945: William R Foster; Religion: Protestant; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Private First Class.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites: William Ralph Foster; Service Info: PVT 1C US ARMY; Interment: 21 July 1948, Salisbury National Cemetery.
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