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Personal info

Full name
WEST, Russell Lynn
Date of birth
19 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Bracken County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ross, Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35467307
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 33

Immediate family

Members
Edward D. West (father)
Jennie West (mother)
Rome West (brother)
Myrtle West (sister)
Mary West (sister)
Charles West (brother)
Walter West (brother)
Elizabeth West (sister)
John A. West (brother)
Pearl West (sister)
Harry E. West (brother)
Dorothy E. West (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Russell L. West enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 8 August 1942.
He worked on a farm 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 / West Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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