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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, Ronald W
Date of birth
9 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Cortlandville, Cortland County, New York

Military service

Service number
12017131
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
14th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Manderfeld-Kobscheid-Roth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 9 46

Immediate family

Members
Paul W. Russell (father)
Pearl N. (Carson) Russell (mother)
Beverly Russell (sister)
Frederick W. Russell Sr (brother)
Joyce Russell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Ronald W. Russell was a farm hand before he joined the Regular Army in Syracruse, New York on 4 November 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Fleegel Baldwin Kalin Dean Russell Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - lafoy150, Cortland Standard - 27 January 1945