Thomas J. Foster was born in 1921 en from Washtenaw County, Michigan. He joined the Army after two years in college on 31 July 1944 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

After training he was attached to H Company,  275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division.

It is not known when Pfc Forster joined the unit or if he was with them through the whole campaign.

275th Infantry regiment

70th Infantry Division

It is thought he, and Pfc Harold Graham, drowned in an lake when on R&R in Valkenburg, The Netherlands on May 12, 1945, only four days after the German surrender.

Pfc Thomas Foster is buried at Margraten Military Cemetery, Plot M Row 18 Grave 8.

Margraten, The Netherlands

See Also:
Pfc Harold Graham

Other casualties of the 70th Infantry Division buried in The Netherlands

Sources and Acknowledgements:
Mrs. Diane Kessler
Mr. Steve Dixon, 70th Infantry Division Website

Directions to Margraten American Military Cemetery

Posted 16 May 2006

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This website is dedicated to the men and women who died and/or are buried in The Netherlands during World War II.

 

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