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Personal info

Full name
ROCKWELL, Russell Charles
Date of birth
2 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Knox County, Ohio
Hometown
Morgan, Knox County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35603128
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Siersthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 31 36

Immediate family

Members
George A. Rockwell (father)
Isabelle L. (Bricker) Rockwell (mother)
George Rockwell (brother)
Lewis M. Rockwell (brother)
Pane Rockwell (brother)
Lawrence A. Rockwell (brother)
Mary L. Rockwell (sister)

More information

Pfc Russell C. Rockwell attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 16 February 1943.
He was killed by small arms fire in his stomach.

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
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