World War II Honoree

Kenneth Buck Foster

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Honored By

The Foster Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA; NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; DESTROYER BASE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; SUBMARINE DIVISION 41 (RELIEF CREW), RECEIVING STATION PUGET SOUND NAVAL YARD BREMERTON, WASHINGTON; USS S-35 (COMMANDER SUBMARINE DIVISION 41 FLAG ALLOWANCE), USS S-30 (COMMANDER SUBMARINE DIVISION 52 FLAG ALLOWANCE), USS S-30 (COMMANDER SUBMARINE DIVISION 52 FLAG AND TRAINING ALLOWANCE), SUBMARINE BASE #128 PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, USS POMPON SS-267, ADVANCED TRAINING AND RELIEF CREW #1, SUBMARINE BASE MIDWAY ISLAND, SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT AND USS HOWARD W. GILMORE AS-16. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA, BRONZE STAR MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.