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Personal info

Full name
RUSS, Gordon Leonard
Date of birth
28 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37592144
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 22

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Russ (father)
Martha H. (Brandt) Russ (mother)
Ruth Russ (sister)
Janet Russ (sister)
Annabelle Russ (sister)
Verna A. (Baldwin) Russ (wife)
Judith A. Russ (daughter)

More information

Pvt Gordon L. Russ attended high school for one year and was a bartender before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Herman Wolters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jaschke Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dave Robinson