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Personal info

Full name
KOLB, Russell M
Date of birth
1907
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
White Plains, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42107710
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 89

Immediate family

Members
John Kolb (father)
Fred A. Mabee (stepfather)
Harriett M. Kolb (mother)
Coutney M. Mabee (half sister)
Charlotte C. Kolb (wife)

More information

Pvt. Russell M. Kolb enlisted at Ft. Dix, New Jersey on 21 March 1944.

He was a painter before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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