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Personal info

Full name
MC DONALD, Russell Joseph
Date of birth
29 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-533320
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Roosteren - Nieuwstadt, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James J. Mc Donald (father)
Elizabeth (Gorman) Mc Donald (mother)
Rita E. Mc Donald (sister)
James N. Mc Donald (brother)
George F. Mc Donald (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Russell Mc Donald joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Anherst, Massachusetts on 21 October 1942.
He graduated from Massachusetts Agriculture College with the class of 1943 where he majored in History. He participated in cross country where he was the Captain of the team and was a member of ROTC and the Newman Club.

He is remembered on the family gravestone at the Saint Joseph Cemetery in North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census - http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 17th CRS

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Bill Mc Evoy, Massachusetts Agriculture College Yearbook 1943