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The obituary of Pfc. Alleyne R. Foster.

Wilson Daily Times, 23 March 1945.

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In the 1940 census of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C.: laundress Mary M. Foster, 62, and children Edward P., 30, filling station attendant, Annie L., 23, life insurance cashier, and Alleyne R., 18, drugstore soda jerker. [To read about Richard A.G. Foster, see here and here, among other posts.]

In 1942, Alleyne Russell Foster registered for the World War II draft in New Haven, Connecticut. Per his registration card, Foster was born 12 July 1921 in Morehead City, N.C.; lived at 11 Charles Street, New Haven, Connecticut; his contact was the Methodist parsonage; and he worked for Majestic Laundry, corner of Ashmun and Lock Streets.

On 22 December 1943, Alleyne R. Foster, 22, of Chanute Field, Illinois, son of Walter S. and Mary Maude Foster, married Clyde Joan Dickerson, 22, of Wilson, daughter of Fred and Almeter Dickerson. C.L. Darden applied for the license, and A.M.E. Zion minister W.A. Hilliard performed the ceremony in Wilson.

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