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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Russell C Jr
Date of birth
30 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hanoverdale, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33941244
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Ensdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 55

Immediate family

Members
Russell C. Bell Sr. (father)
Mabel M. Bell (mother)
Myrna E. Bell (sister)
Merle R. Bell (brother)
Forence A. (Yohe) Bell (wife)
John L. Bell (son)
Mary L. Bell (daughter)

More information

Pvt Russell C. Bell Jr. enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 30 May 1944.
He was a driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / Carol Mavretic Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.findagrave.com – Joel Frampton Gilfert
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert