Unit and Rank, Private Russell Allen Carey.
Unit/Placed in, 117th Infantry Regiment (1st Battalion, C-Comp), 30th Infantry Division ”Old Hickory”.
Russell was born on 5 April, 1915 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Father, Carl Eugene Carey.
Mother, Dora Lillian Carey.
Sisters, Ethel Marion and Alberta Evelyn Carey.
Brother, Everett Harry Carey.
Spouse, Ada (Rixham) Carey
Russell entered the service from Massachusetts in with service number # 31460560.
Russell was KIA in Mariadorf, Germany during the attack on Aachen, on Nov. 17 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Russell was first buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands and was reburied at North Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.
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