World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
81st Cavalry Reconn Squad
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
1st Armored Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
Died of wounds in Italy
Biography:
Clayton Erling Foss was born in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota on August 27, 1921, to Erling and Mina Kristiansdatter Bakken Foss. He became a resident of Cass County, North Dakota and entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on December 21, 1942. He married Helena B. Clough. Private Foss served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and died of wounds on May 6, 1945, in Via Cassia, Italy. He is buried in Plot F, Row 4, Grave 25, Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy. Private Foss received the Purple Heart.
Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave