Mitchell, Alfred Russell

1917 - 1984  (66 years)

• Name	Mitchell, Alfred Russell
  Birth	19 Nov 1917	Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	MITC.A019
  _FGRAVE	5730345
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company G, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd 'Thunderbolt' Infantry Division, United States Army  [2, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on April 26, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the infantry, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of automatic rifleman (746). Departed the Continental U.S. on December 10, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and fought with Company G, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd 'Thunderbolt' Infantry Division, in the Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on January 15, 1946 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2218563 (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
  		World War II Honoree, Mitchell, Alfred R.
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Military Service Ribbons, Mitchell, Alfred Russell (1917-1984) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		European Theater of World War II
  		Rhineland Campaign, World War II
  		83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt"), United States Army
  		83rd Infantry Division ("Thunderbolt"), United States Army
  Death	14 Nov 1984  [4]
  Burial	Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois   [4]
  		Headstone, Mitchell, Vernettia M. and Alfred R.
  		Headstone, Mitchell, Alfred R.
  Person ID	I23687	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	GILL, Vernettia Mae,   b. 19 Mar 1919   d. 24 Dec 2003 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F10439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3910] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 6, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S6069] (Reliability: 2). [S6638] (Reliability: 2). [S6633] (Reliability: 2).