Foy Draper was an American

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 athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay

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 at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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. As a University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 student, Foy Draper won the IC4A

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 championships in 200 m in 1935.

At the Berlin

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 Olympics

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, Draper ran the third leg in the American 4x100 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record

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 of 39.8.

During World War II

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, Draper served as a pilot on a twin-engine attack bomber A-20B 'Havoc' in Thelepte, Tunisia. On January 4, 1943, Draper took off to fly to Fonduck, Tunisia to take part of the battle of Kassarine Pass. Draper and his two crewmen never returned and his death date is usually given as February 1, 1943. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial

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 administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission

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 in Carthage

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, Tunisia. His gravestone shows January 4, 1943 as his date of death.