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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, Virgil R
Date of birth
24 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Hughes County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6287819
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Brandenburg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 2 47

Immediate family

Members
Elisha Russell (father)
Wilena Russell (mother)
Edith Russell (sister)
W. D. Russell (brother)
Junior Russell (brother)
Beatrice Russell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Virgil R. Russell worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army at Camp Wolters, Texas on 22 October 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.anccestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 28th Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach