Draft card for David O. Foster issued in 1942 when he resided in Mill Spring, NC.  He was drafted in October of that year.

Grave marker for David O. Foster in Edgewood Cemetery, Jacksonville (Duval county), Florida.

David enlisted in the Army at Camp Croft, SC on 14 October 1942.

His early service career is unknown.  On 14 March 1945 he was transferred to Company F, 508th PIR.

Pvt foster was discharged on 2 February 1946.  His military decorations include the Bronze Service Arrowhead for the Southern France Campaign and Airborne Operations.