World War II Honoree

Jack W. Foster

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Freeman, West Virginia

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps July 21, 1942 at Charleston, West Virginia, with recruit training assigned to the Seventh Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base at Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Geiger, North Carolina for combat training. Served as a Rifleman with the Twenty-Second Marine Regiment in the North Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Easy Company, Second Battalion and Fifth Amphibious Corps. His regiment participated in the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll (Battle Dates: February 17-23, 1944) Code name: Operation Flintlock, Marshall Islands Campaign. Killed in Action Tuesday, February 22, 1944 during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces on the Island of Eniwetok, and buried in the Coral Sands battlefield cemetery on Kirinian Island. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine received his remains for burial, with interment at the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Charleston, West Virginia. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.