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KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE |
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Sgt. Edgar E. Russell, of Elvins, Missouri, husband of Mrs. Dorothy McFarland Russell, has been reported killed in action while serving with the United States Army in France. Edgar, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolla H. Russell, of Elvins, was born February 15, 1920, and met his death August 27, 1944, somewhere in France. |
| Sgt. Russell was educated in the Elvins Schools, and
entered the service of his country in June 1942, and received his basic training at Camp
Pickett, Virginia. He was then stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida. From Camp Blanding, he
moved to Nashville, Tennessee, on maneuvers. While in Nashville, Sgt. Russell was home on furlough in July 1943. On July 4, 1943, he was married to Miss Dorothy McFarland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McFarland, of Elvins. Following their honeymoon, Sgt. Russell returned to his duties at Nashville, and remained there until August, 1943, when he went to Arizona for desert maneuvers. In the winter of 1943, he was stationed at Camp Phillips, Kansas, and while there his wife joined him for two months, making her home in Salina, Kansas. Early this year, Sgt. Russell was sent overseas, arriving in England in April. In June, he went to France where he served until his death. The last letter received from Sgt. Russell was written August 26, in which he stated he was in a foxhole. The telegram from the War Department, later followed by a letter, was received September 19, 1944. Acting on the advice of physicians at the Bonne Terre Hospital, news of Sgt. Russell's death was withheld from Mrs. Russell, who gave birth to a son, Edgar Leon, on September 29, until the past week, after her return to the home of her parents. Published by the LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. Oct. 27, 1944. |
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