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Personal info

Full name
SHOVER, Russell A
Date of birth
12 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
Hometown
Martin, McLean County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36908837
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 3 6

Immediate family

Members
Walter M. Shover (father)
Nellie B. (Starkey) Shover (mother)
Cecil M. Shover (brother)
Burrel D. Shover (brother)
Melvin Shover (brother)
Denver J. Shover (brother)

More information

Pvt Shover enlisted on 11 August 1944 and was sent overseas in February 1945

His brother, Capt Cecil Shover, was stationed in China.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Russell Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph

Photo source: Piet Van Engelen, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet