The Shemwell Family

Name
Richard Lawerence “Dick” Foster
Given names
Richard Lawerence
Surname
Foster
Nickname
Dick
Birth November 8, 1929 26 24
Census April 4, 1930 (Age 4 months)
Census May 31, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandmotherMaude Nora Holland
March 30, 1950 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterBillie Mae Foster
November 20, 1950 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a motherMyrtle Amanda Alvers
September 2, 1985 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherBasil Kenneth Foster
January 3, 1988 (Age 58 years)
Death of a wifeAnnette Rose Miles
August 7, 1999 (Age 69 years)

Death February 26, 2004 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Hope Cemetery
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