Advertisement

1Lt Whitney Swithin Russell Jr.

Advertisement

1Lt Whitney Swithin Russell Jr.

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
28 Jan 1945 (aged 23)
Wallerode, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mt Lebanon, plot 476
Memorial ID
View Source
Whitney served as a First Lieutenant, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Beaver County, Pennsylvania & was a member of the Maryland National Guard prior to the war.

His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on February 3, 1941, prior to the war, from Pikesville, Maryland. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.

Whitney was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # O1169317

He was noted, in error, as being from Baltimore, Maryland on the "Honor List of Dead & Missing of World War II".

Bio by: Russ Pickett

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Whitney served as a First Lieutenant, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Beaver County, Pennsylvania & was a member of the Maryland National Guard prior to the war.

His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on February 3, 1941, prior to the war, from Pikesville, Maryland. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.

Whitney was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # O1169317

He was noted, in error, as being from Baltimore, Maryland on the "Honor List of Dead & Missing of World War II".

Bio by: Russ Pickett

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement