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Personal info

Full name
BASHAM, Russell Howard
Date of birth
14 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Finlay, Scott County, Indiana
Hometown
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35345799
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sibret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 5

Immediate family

Members
John W. Basham (father)
Louella M. (Devore) Basham (mother)
Lucille B. Basham (sister)
William L. Basham (brother)
James R. Basham (brother)
Marjorie E. Basham (sister)
Evelyn J. Basham (sister)
Norma J. Basham (sister)
Ruth N. Basham (sister)
John F. Basham (brother)
Robert D. Basham (brother)
Catharine R. (Boehnlein) Basham (wife)
Russell H. Basham (son)

More information

S/Sgt Russell H. Basham was an employee of the Footwaer Packing department before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 29 October 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was married to Catherine Ruth Boehnlein in 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Hannah Majewski - John Boehnlein, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Indiana, Birth Certificates 1907-1940, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten , Hannah Majewski - John Boehnlein