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Personal info

Full name
STRINGFELLOW, Russell Kenneth
Date of birth
8 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Clarion County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33407027
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
99th Reconnaissance Troop,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Linz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 19

Immediate family

Members
Dudley M. Stringfellow (father
Stella E. Stringfellow (mother)
Madison L. Stringfellow (brother)
Wilda Stringfellow (sister)
Celia Stringfellow (sister)

More information

Cpl Russell K. Stringfellow gradudted from Clarion High School with the class of 1939 and worked for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

He enlisted on 29 November 1942.

He was reported wounded in action on 13 March 1945.

Cpl Russell K. Stringfellow is remembered at the Parker Presbyterian Cemetery in Parker, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, www.findagrave.com – Burke Stoughton, www.history.army.mil – Combat Chronicle, www.newspapers.com - The Clarion Democrat

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Burke Stoughton