THE WALL OF FACES

My name is Krysteen Wescott and I am the daughter of Sgt 1st class Robert H Wescott Jr. It meant a lot to me to find your picture.I wrote to have your picture posted in Dec 2017 to your family and now see your picture is posted. Pat was going to ask for me. You are remembered

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS CAREER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICER
WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE


LIEUTENANT COLONEL

EVERETT EDWARD FOSTER


served proudly as a


PILOT

on a

C-123 FAIRCHILD PROVIDER ( 54-0630 )

with the


12th AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON

315th AIR COMMANDO WING

7th AIR FORCE

- OPERATION RANCH HAND -


and became a
posthumous recipient
of the following
military decorations
and service medals


DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

PURPLE HEART

AIR MEDAL

USAF COMMENDATION MEDAL

USAF LONGEVITY SERVICE RIBBON with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL


and was entitled to wear


USAF COMMAND PILOT WINGS




HE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY IN

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

" WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS"



YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE



R E M E M B R A N C E




http://www.virtualwall.org/df/FosterEE01a.htm


https://news.wsu.edu/2007/05/29/a-hall-of-famer/


http://www.wsucougars.com/news/2007/5/23/207887246.aspx


http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201405/don-steinbrunner-when-football-went-war-cleveland-browns-vietnam-nfl





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On July 20, 1967, a UC-123B (tail number 54-0630) from 12th Air Commando Squadron was lost while conducting a Ranch Hand defoliation mission near Gia Vuc, 30 miles southwest of Quang Ngai in Kontum Province, RVN. The aircraft was making a spray run at 150 feet when it was hit by a hail of small arms fire, crashed, and burned. All five crewmen were killed. They included pilot MAJ Allan J. Stearns, co-pilot LTC Everett E. Foster, navigator MAJ Donald T. Steinbrunner, loadmaster SSGT Irvin G. Weyandt, and observer SGT Le Tan Bo, RVN Air Force. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and virtualwall.org]

Dear LTC Everett Edward Foster, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

Everett is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.