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Personal info

Full name
RUSSO, Joseph
Date of birth
20 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42084942
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Near Jallaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 50

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Russo (father)
Marion (Ross) Russo (mother)
Mary Russo (sister)
Samuel Russo (brother)
Josephine Russo (sister)
Rose Russo (sister)
Tillie G. Russo (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph Russo attended high school for one year and was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 February 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
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