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Personal info

Full name
COPELAND, Russell Reed
Date of birth
12 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33139067
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 34

Immediate family

Members
Russell S. Copeland (father)
Estelle V. (Reed) Copeland (mother)
Virginia L. Copeland (sister)
Mary J. Copeland (sister)
Dorene A. (Dutcher) Copeland (wife)
Sandra L. Copeland (daughter)

More information

Pfc Russell R. Copeland attended Fort Hill High School for four years and was a tinsmith, coppersmith and sheet metal worker before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 7 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.montgomerycountymd.gov