Dravosburg in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
David Burton Foster
Semper Fidelis
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2023
1. David Burton Foster Marker
J.D. and L.V. Foster
Born September 30, 1891
Corporal 43rd Co. 5th Reg't.
United States Marine Corps
American Expeditionary Forces
Killed in action at Bois-De-Belleau
Chateau Thierry, France June 12, 1918
The first soldier from McKeesport
to fall in battle in the World-War
for Human Freedom.
To you, from falling hands,
I throw the torch of Liberty;
Be yours to hold it high.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I. A significant historical date for this entry is June 12, 1918.
Location. 40° 20.946′ N, 79° 53.612′ W. Memorial is in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It can be reached from Richland Avenue. Monument is in Richland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 399 Richland Avenue, Dravosburg PA 15034, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burt Foster (here, next to this marker); Civil War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dravosburg Honor Roll (approx. 0.3 miles away); General Motors Employees Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tenth Ward Honor Roll (approx. 0.7 miles away); McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Port Vue Borough Honor Roll (approx. 1.2 miles away); Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dravosburg.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2023
2. David Burton Foster Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 225 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
