PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A relative has claimed a bronze memorial marker honoring a World War II Navy veteran, Pierce Township officials said, three days after the township asked the public for help finding the man’s family.
The township said in a social media post Monday that a relative picked up the marker honoring Lt. Howard Vincent Foster. “Thanks again to everyone in the community who helped us find Lt. Foster’s family,” the township said.
A Pierce Township police officer found the marker along the side of a township road last month. It reads “In Memory of Howard Vincent Foster, Lt. US Navy, World War II, 1909-1992,” framed around a small cross emblem — a style of plaque commonly used as a footstone to mark a veteran’s grave at a cemetery. The Pierce Township Police Department said at the time it had been unable to identify any of Foster’s relatives and asked anyone connected to the family to come forward.
The public appeal, shared across social media, generated tips that ultimately led officials to the family.
Pierce Township, established in 1853, is home to more than 15,000 residents in Clermont County. Its police department traces its roots to the 1950s, when it began with a single full-time constable, and has since grown into a 24-hour, community-oriented agency serving the township’s 23 square miles under Chief Paul Broxterman.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Pierce Township.