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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, William F R
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6153727
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Near Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Richard Russell (father)
Mary T. (Fitzgerald) Russell (mother)
Richard Russell (brother)
John Russell (brother)
James Russell (brother)
Thomas Russell (brother)
Robert Russell (brother)
Edward Russell (brother)
Francis Russell (brother)
Mary Russell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William F. R. Russell joined the Regular Army on 20 June 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy