Foster Cleveland Young
1920 - 1944



Photo shared by Vickie Graves Jones

Foster Cleveland Young was born Aug 31, 1920 in Crawford or Sebastian Co., Arkansas to James Cleveland and Rebecca Anna Foster Young. He says on his draft registertion card he is married but I have not been able to find a marriage for him.

Foster registered for the draft on Feb 16, 1942 at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. He was assigned to the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion. At that time he said he had one year of college and his civil occupation was a Stock clerk.

While serving on June 19th 1944 Cpl. Foster C. Young was killed in the line of duty. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery.

Biography shared by Vickie Graves Jones
from Fighting Men of Arkansas