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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, Frederick W
Date of birth
2 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31400117
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Near Winseler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 70

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. Russell (father)
Catherine L. (Barron) Russell (mother)
Frances M. Russell (sister)
Geraldine G. Russell (sister)

More information

Pvt Frederick W. Russell attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 13 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock, hip and chest.

He is also remembered at the Faylene Hutton Cemetery in Maine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Debbie's DNA Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - MimiKW