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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ben Crum Foshee

Hometown

Red Level, Alabama

Honored By

The Rowinsky Family

Relationship

Great-Great nephew

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FLYING TIGERS AND SERVED AS A PILOT WITH THE 3RD PURSUIT SQUADRON. HE WAS KILLED IN CHINA ON MAY 4, 1942, WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED HIS FIGHTER GROUP. HE WAS RUNNING TO HIS AIRCRAFT WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG AND BLED TO DEATH BEFORE A DOCTOR COULD GET TO HIM. HE WAS BURIED IN CHINA, BUT IN 1946, HIS FATHER PAID A RETIRED NAVY COMMANDER TO GO TO CHINA AND BRING HIS SON’S BODY HOME.