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Personal info

Full name
DANIELSON, Russell Howard
Date of birth
5 May 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota
Hometown
Yakima, Yakima County, Washington

Military service

Service number
19146005
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 60

Immediate family

Members
Howard R. Danielson (father)
Mae E. (Meehl) Danielson (mother)
Ronald E. Danielson (brother)
Marjorie M. Danielson (sister)
Helen J. (Terryll) Danielson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Russell H. Danielson attended college for four years and was a salesman.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Tacoma, Washington on 13 October 1942.

S/Sgt Danielson was killed by a direct artillery hit. According to a report of the 3042nd Quartermaster Graves Registration Company, only his legs were found. He was buried first at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Foy, Belgium on 6 March 1945. He was given his finale resting place at Henri-Chapelle on 4 November 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com - Gilbert Wathelet, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / South Dakota Marriages / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen