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Personal info

Full name
MEADE, Russell Owen
Date of birth
3 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Hometown
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
20350111
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Northwest of Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 21 22

Immediate family

Members
Russel O. Meade (father)
Ethel A. (Ward) Meade (mother)
Evelyn R. Meade (sister)
Richard G. Meade (brother)

More information

Cpl Russell O. Meade was a carpenter apprentice when he joined the National Guard in Annapolis, Maryland on 3 February 1941.

His remains were found northwest of Groesbeek in July 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, IDPF of James E. Burns

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com