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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, James Bernard
Date of birth
14 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington
Hometown
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39450216
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 17

Immediate family

Members
John H. Russell (father)
Kate C. Russell (mother)
Henry Russell (brother)
Louise C. Russell (sister)
Gertrude M. Russell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt James B. Russell attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 18 February 1941.

He was taken prisoner, and one day later he died of his wounds in a German field hospital.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M