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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, David B
Date of birth
29 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32937528
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Grandvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 1

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Russell (father)
Editha C. (Brewster) Russell (mother)
Alice C. Russell (sister)
Alexander Russell Jr. (brother)
Gordon M. Russell (brother)

More information

Pvt David B. Russell attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 19 June 1943.

He was killed in action in the German counterattack conducted by the 111th Panzer Grenadiers of the 11th Panzer Division through the Mortagne Forest and Hill 484 to the west of Grandvillers.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pitsenbarger Rose Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle New York 27 October 1944