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Personal info

Full name
CHENEY, Russell Dean
Date of birth
7 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Palisade, Aitkin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37579219
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kreuzau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 11 2

Immediate family

Members
Orval Cheney (father)
Mary E. (Barnes) Cheney (mother)
Flora C. Cheney (sister)
Alfred C. Cheney (brother)
Ward M. Cheney (brother)
Helen L. Cheney (sister)
Arthur A. Cheney (brother)

More information

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 17 May 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 15 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 / 1930 Census / Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Elizabeth Hammoud