Thomas Lyle Russell

World War I
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Fallen

Minneapolis, MN

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Lt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
47th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918, at Bois de Brieulles.

Buried, Cemetery No. 735, Bois de Brieulles.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2790 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Minneapolis, Minn., March 27, 1895, of English parents. Occupation - assistant bank cashier. Enrolled in 2nd Officers Training Camp, at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Aug. 15, 1917. Commissioned and called into active service as a 1st Lieutenant, on Nov. 27, 1917. Assigned to 338th Infantry, to Sept. 8, 1918; 47th Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Toulon (Lorraine).