Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Foster was a crew member aboard a patrol bomber, P2V-3 Neptune, from Patrol Squadron 6 (VP-6) at Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan. He was on an intelligence gathering mission over the Sea of Japan on November 6, 1951 and his aircraft was shot down by Soviet fighters near Vladivostok, USSR. He was presumed dead on November 7, 1952. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Foster was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 3 Gold Stars, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Fold3_Team · 8/04/2013
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Foster was a crew member aboard a patrol bomber, P2V-3 Neptune, from Patrol Squadron 6 (VP-6) at Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan. He was on an intelligence gathering mission over the Sea of Japan on November 6, 1951 and his aircraft was shot down by Soviet fighters near Vladivostok, USSR. He was presumed dead on November 7, 1952. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Foster was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 3 Gold Stars, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.