Russell W. Posey
Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army
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TEC5 Russell W. Posey
Russell W. Posey
Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army
Service #3533310
Assigned to
Company G,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Killed In Action (KIA) - November 16, 1944
Laid to Rest at Plot B, Row 28, Grave 46
Lorraine American Cemetery
St. Avold, France
Awards:
Silver Star
Purple Heart
American Campaign
Service Medal
European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal
World War II
Victory Medal
TEC5 Russell Posey entered the US Army from Ohio
and his loss is Recorded on the
American Battle Monuments Commission website and the
US Army World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of Ohio, Defiance County, page 26.
The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
SERIAL NUMBER
35333103
NAME
POSEY RUSSELL W
RESIDENCE: STATE
OHIO
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
DEFIANCE
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
TOLEDO OHIO
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
7/25/1942
GRADE, ALPHA
Private
BRANCH: CODE
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
Civil Life
NATIVITY
OHIO
YEAR OF BIRTH
1921
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
White, citizen
EDUCATION
4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c.
MARITAL STATUS
Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
BOX NUMBER
0925
FILM REEL NUMBER
3.347
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