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Casualty Info
Home Town Scott, OH
Last Address Scott, OH
Casualty Date Aug 06, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Quartermaster Third Class Foust was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 8751336
Submarine war patrols: USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 1st through 3rd
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