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Personal info

Full name
HANSON, Russell Alden
Date of birth
25 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Home Lake, Norman County, Minnesota
Hometown
Twin Valley, Norman County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37596296
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Soldier´s Medal,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 3 21

Immediate family

Members
H. Ingvald (Hanson (father)
Bertine C. (Haugen) Hanson (mother)
Leland O. Hanson (brother)
Myrtle E. Hanson (sister)
I. Bernice Hanson (sister)
Rudolph Hanson (brother)

More information

Pfc Russell A. Hanson worked on the family farm.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 11 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card / 1930 US Census

Photo source: http://www.specialforcesroh.com, Peter Schouteten, Bert Kleijnen, Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery Margraten - courtesy of Maria de Graaf – Bessems