Col. William James Foody served in both the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and was honored with multiple awards for his service and an honorable discharge. He was also an accomplished general surgeon.
When Foody passed away in December 2015, his widow, Marilyn, chose to have his ashes placed in a vault in a columbarium at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort in hopes that one day she could be buried there alongside him.
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