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Personal info

Full name
CRANMER, Russell Austin
Date of birth
12 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
Illinois

Military service

Service number
36964587
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 4 56

Immediate family

Members
Anna L. Cranmer (wife)

More information

Russell Cranmer worked as an attendant at a filing station.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Siem Voogt, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery