World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lowell W. Foster
Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honored By
Lowell W. Foster
ENLISTED ON DECEMBER 17, 1941. SERVED SHIPBOARD U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER ONONDAGA; NORTH PACIFIC, ALASKA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CONVOY, ANTI-SUB PATROL, SPECIAL MISSIONS; SEAMAN TO QUARTERMASTER 1ST CLASS. U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY, GRADUATED ENSIGN. SHIPBOARD U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER VIGILANT; SOUTH ATLANTIC, GULF OF MEXICO, CARIBBEAN SEA; CONVOY, ANTI-SUB PATROL, SPECIAL MISSIONS; NAVIGATOR, COMMUNICATIONS, DECK OFFICER, ENSIGN. SHIPBOARD U.S. ARMY FS-183; SOUTH PACIFIC, NEW GUINEA, MOROTAI, PHILIPPINES, LEYTE, SAMAR, CEBU, PANAY, NEGROS AND MINDANAO (FREIGHT, EQUIPMENT, AMMUNITION, FOOD); NAVIGATOR, COMMUNICATIONS, LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. SHIPBOARD USS LST 026; PHILIPPINES, SOLOMON ISLANDS, OKINAWA, KOREAN WATERS, MAINLAND CHINA OCCUPATION; NAVIGATOR, DECK OFFICER, LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE FEBRUARY 1946.