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Personal info

Full name
WINDMULLER, Russell Paul
Date of birth
21 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34548213
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 40

Immediate family

Members
Paul Windmuller (father)
Francis F. (Shields) Windmuller (mother)
Paul R. Windmuller (brother)

More information

Pvt Russell P. Windmuller attended St. Petersburg High School in Florida. He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 11 March 1943.
Killed in action in Germany Dec. 12. The news was received by Mrs. Windmuller in a war department telegram yesterday noon shortly after her husband left by train, to return to his defense job in Pennsylvania, after spending the holidays here.
Pvt Windmuller was reported missing in action Nov. 26. Leaving the states early in August, he had participated the invasion in France, the battle for Brest and, when last heard from November 1. had been in Luxembourg. Coming here from New Jersey six and a half years ago, he was a graduate of the local high school with the class of '40 and had been employed at Sears. Roebuck and Co. before entering the army. He was an active member of Pasadena Community church where he sang in the choir and corresponded regularly with Jerry Jerome, head of the Pasadena Service Men's Correspondence club.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - St. Petersburg Times 1 Jan 1945, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Tampa Bay Times, www.newspapers.com - St. Petersburg High School Yearbook 1940