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Personal info

Full name
MC FARLING, Russell Amos
Date of birth
14 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Hometown
Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37706771
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Verviers, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 69

Immediate family

Members
Pearlie A. Mc Farling (father)
Gertrude M. (Brown) Mc Farling (mother)
Clarence L. Mc Farling (brother)
Floyd L. Mc Farling (brother)
Rosabell Mc Farling (sister)
Vernie G. Mc Farling (wife)

More information

Pvt Russell A. Mc Farling enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 6 November 1943.

He was a machinist before he enlisted.

Pvt Russell A. Mc Farling was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block D, Row 2, Grave 36.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Schmidt Meister Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet