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Personal info

Full name
SNOW, Russell N
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
River Vale, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42012495
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Near Illange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 19 15

Immediate family

Members
George W. Snow Sr. (father)
Helen A. (Winant) Snow (mother)
George W. Snow Jr. (brother)
Richard A. Snow (brother)

More information

Pfc Russell N. Snow graduated from Westwood High School before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 1 September 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

At the time of his death his brother George served with the Army Air Corps in England.

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 / Keith Snow Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Record 29 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S / Linda Carole Mustion, www.newspapers.com - The Record - 29 December 1944, Westwood High School yearbook 1945