Mitchell, Alfred Russell

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

Notes:

Military Service:
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.)

Family/Spouse: Gill, Vernettia Mae. Vernettia (daughter of Gill, Lafayette 'Lafe' and KAUBLE, Nancy Jane) was born on 19 Mar 1919; died on 24 Dec 2003; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]