Ronald O. Foust

Korean War
Service #AO-590904
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathJune 3 1951
National Defense Service Medal
First Lieutenant Foust was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Foust was the co-pilot of a C-82A transport with the 57th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group stationed at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina. On June 3, 1951, the plane took off from Campbell Air Force Base, Kentucky enroute to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. As it approached New Boston, Texas, it suffered structural failure of a wing and crashed, killing all eight servicemen on board.