RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Avinger, Texas
FULL NAME:
Russell Pyland
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):
18034567
- DATE OF BIRTH: Nov 13, 1907
- DATE OF DEATH: Apr 17, 1975
DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT:Oct 4, 1940
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PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:Jefferson, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
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MAIN UNIT:2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
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SUBUNIT:Company A
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
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RANK:Technician Fourth Grade (T/4)
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POSITION IN UNIT:Combat Engineer
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:
✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):
🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge
SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:
He spoke very little of his time in Europe and I was too young to ask the question I would now. He worked in the Texas oilfileds from 1946 until his death from lung cancer in 1975.
