Floyd M. Fousek

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Foster

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
132nd Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Biography:

Floyd was born August 16, 1922 in McKinnon Township, Foster County, on the Loder farm, which adjoined the Fousek farm. He graduated from Kensel High School in 1939. He was the son of Joseph and Effie Fousek.

He helped his father farm and entered the service November 12, 1942, going first to Fort Snelling, Minnesota and then to Camp Wolters, Texas. He was with the American Division and stationed in the Fijis, Bougainville and New Caledonia. While in the Phillipines, he met his death on Leyte, March 7, 1945