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Personal info

Full name
HERALD, Russell J "Bud"
Date of birth
29 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Fredericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
20381759
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
135th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 49 27

Immediate family

Members
Maurice D. Herald (father)
Anna L. (Franks) Herald (mother)
Marcella Herald (sister)
Kenneth W. Herald (brother)
Carl D. Herald (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Russell J. Herald was a baker when he joined the National Guard in Washington, District of Columbia on 3 February 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and leg.

He is remembered at the Fredericksburg West Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Carl D. Herald / Richard Herald, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Fenton Henderson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com- Albert Ledoux / Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com