Born in Mammoth, Missouri, the son of John Humble Foster & Sarrah Ann Mahan. As a youngster, he grew up in the log cabin that his grandfather built in Mammoth, Missouri. He was the youngest son and surviving child of his parents. Several of his 11 siblings never lived to see adulthood because of the harsh and rustic living conditions of rural Ozark County at the turn of the 20th century. He was a 7 year old when he emigrated with his parents to the Coweta area in 1917, settling on a homestead along the Arkansas River south of Coweta on what is now known as South 305th East Avenue. Earnie married Lillie Noe on October 27, 1928 in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They had two daughters and one son together. At the onset of World War II and at age 31, he enlisted in the US Army where he served with Company H of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment. He landed on the shores of France with his regiment on June 25, 1944. He died from the wounds received in action, at Fromental, France on August 17,1944, after only a couple of months in-country. His remains were returned home for burial, with full military honors, at Vernon Cemetery in Coweta, Oklahoma.
Born in Mammoth, Missouri, the son of John Humble Foster & Sarrah Ann Mahan. As a youngster, he grew up in the log cabin that his grandfather built in Mammoth, Missouri. He was the youngest son and surviving child of his parents. Several of his 11 siblings never lived to see adulthood because of the harsh and rustic living conditions of rural Ozark County at the turn of the 20th century. He was a 7 year old when he emigrated with his parents to the Coweta area in 1917, settling on a homestead along the Arkansas River south of Coweta on what is now known as South 305th East Avenue. Earnie married Lillie Noe on October 27, 1928 in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They had two daughters and one son together. At the onset of World War II and at age 31, he enlisted in the US Army where he served with Company H of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment. He landed on the shores of France with his regiment on June 25, 1944. He died from the wounds received in action, at Fromental, France on August 17,1944, after only a couple of months in-country. His remains were returned home for burial, with full military honors, at Vernon Cemetery in Coweta, Oklahoma.
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WORLD WAR II
March 17 1910 August 17 1944
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