Delbert served in the Air Corps in the US Army. He enlisted as a Private on 17 Jan 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was a member of the 1144th QuarterMaster Company Aviation Squadron on an aircraft whose intended destination was Naples, Italy. On Sunday, 23 July 1944, the plane was disabled and went down in the Gulf of Tunis. The Missing Air Crew Report from the War Department Headquarters Army Air Force in Washington D.C. doesn't provide a reason why the aircraft went down. Sixteen soldiers bailed out of the airplane using parachutes, and twelve soldiers on the aircraft were listed as MIA. There were four survivors.
Delbert's body was never recovered. He is memorialized at the North Africa American Cemetery located in Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa, as are thousands of US soldiers who died in the North Africa campaign, many whose bodies were never recovered.
His headstone at Rose Hill is a memorial headstone. He is buried next to his parents.
Delbert died at the age of 20 years 5 months.
Delbert served in the Air Corps in the US Army. He enlisted as a Private on 17 Jan 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was a member of the 1144th QuarterMaster Company Aviation Squadron on an aircraft whose intended destination was Naples, Italy. On Sunday, 23 July 1944, the plane was disabled and went down in the Gulf of Tunis. The Missing Air Crew Report from the War Department Headquarters Army Air Force in Washington D.C. doesn't provide a reason why the aircraft went down. Sixteen soldiers bailed out of the airplane using parachutes, and twelve soldiers on the aircraft were listed as MIA. There were four survivors.
Delbert's body was never recovered. He is memorialized at the North Africa American Cemetery located in Carthage, Tunisia, North Africa, as are thousands of US soldiers who died in the North Africa campaign, many whose bodies were never recovered.
His headstone at Rose Hill is a memorial headstone. He is buried next to his parents.
Delbert died at the age of 20 years 5 months.
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Faye Irene Foster Gray
1906–1992
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Lee Lemeul Foster
1908–1956
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Edna Ione Foster Forgey
1910–1974
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Mildred Maxine "Polly" Foster Rea
1912–1936
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Gladys Hortense Foster Rea
1914–1988
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James Opal Foster
1915–1997
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Everett Lowell Foster
1918–1993
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June Louise Foster Smalley
1920–1944
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Amos Maurice Foster
1921–1982
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Erskin Claire Foster
1926–1985
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August Emanuel "Augie" Foster
1929–2015
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Alpha Marlene Foster Racine
1931–2015
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