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1942

Private First Class Palmer G. Foss

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943

Captain Orville J. Fossum

Fargo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: "82nd Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 81st Philippine Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 11, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1944

Technician Fifth Grade Karsten A. Fossum

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 377th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Normandy, France

1942

Corporal Kenneth S. Foubert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: October 13, 1942 / Age: 20

He died in a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal the day his regiment landed on the island.

1945

Corporal Rene S. Foubert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

1945

Private First Class Floyd M. Fousek

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 132nd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

1944

Private Gaston J. Foussard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: Seventh Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Third Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 01, 1944 / Age: 35

Killed in action near France.

1945

First Lieutenant Edward G. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 63rd Division 7th Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Ben Hame, Germany

1945

Private First Class Frederic T. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1944

Private First Class James E. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 137th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in France

1944

Fireman First Class Robert D. Frank

West Fargo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 24

The Chicago, in what was known as the Battle of Rennell Island, was first hit by two torpedoes on January 29th and disabled. Multiple crewmen were lost in this first attack.

1944

Private Carl H. Franklin

Goodrich, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25

Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.