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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, Fred Frank Jr "Frederick"
Date of birth
23 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35421394
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Warnach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 36 36

Immediate family

Members
Fred F. Russell (father)
Martha (Hildebrant) Russell (mother)
Elma I. (Smith) Russell (wife)

More information

Pvt Fred F. Russell enlisted at Fort Benjamin Herrison, Indiana on 22 October 1942, and was sent overseas on 29 December 1943.

He was married to Elma Irene Smith on 14 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at the New Vienna IOOF Cemetery in New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Social Security Death Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, AAR 51st Infantry Battalion August 1944 thru May 1945

Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - Cheryl Behrend, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News - 19 March 1943 / 16 January 1945