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Personal info

Full name
WARDEN, Russell Lee
Date of birth
19 August 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee
Hometown
Weakley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34192235
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Gunner
Unit
A Company,
31st Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
24 December 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joe C. Warden (father)
Clara (Hunter) Warden (mother)
Ruby Warden (sister)
B. C. Warden (brother)
Howard Warden (brother)

More information

Pfc Russell L. Warden attended high school for one year. He worked for his father on the farm.

Pfc Warden is remembered at Tansil Cemetery in Sharon, Weakley County, Tennessee with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.achives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com