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Gerald "Jets" Forrest Foss
Lilah Crowe2021-04-14T19:10:12-05:00
- Name: Gerald "Jets" Forrest Foss
- Location of Birth: Hutchinson, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: May 25, 1950
- Date of Death: May 9, 2008 (57 years old)
- Parents: Forrest Foss and Laura (Hill) Foss
- High School and Class: 1968 - Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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- Branch: Navy
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- Date Sworn In: June 13, 1968
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- Date of Discharge: June 15, 1971
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Gerald served in the United States Navy from 1968 to 1971.
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Vietnam Era
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Gerald grew up in Bovey, Minnesota.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gerald is survived by his wife, Helene (Nelson); son, Jon (Tina); daughters, Kari Crist and Briita Foss; four brothers, Mike (Mary), Dick (Hazel), Bill (Becky), Jon (Rose); three sisters, Candy (Brad) Deal, Vandla Foss, and Heidi (Dan) Varin; five grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Gerald died at his home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota and is buried in Hillside Mausoleum at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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