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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Russell Barker
Date of birth
4 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Botetourt County, Virginia
Hometown
Washington, Pickaway County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
33533285
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 26

Immediate family

Members
John D. Smith (father)
Callie J. (Obenshain) Smith (mother)
John D. Smith Jr. (brother)
Myrtle A. Smith (sister)
John T. Smith (brother)
James E. Smith (brother)
Helen M. Smith (sister)
Harry L. Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Russell B. Smith attended high school for two years before he enlisted on 22 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Nase Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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