Harry Nutter Russell was born on October 24, 1924 in Delaware. He was the son of Harry Lee Russell and Bessie E. Snowberger Russell. Harry, who resided in Bridgeville, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant and radio operator on B-24J (#42-100267), 375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on October 31, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a meatcutter and also as being Single, without dependents at the time of his enlistment.

Harry was declared "Missing In Action" and presumably drowned after parachuting from the B-24 he was flying in after it was critically disabled by enemy fire near Kunming, China during the war. He had served in the Air Corps for two years and one month at the time of his death. He was not officially declared as being dead by the military until November 22, 1945 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He also has a cenotaph located in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Tsgt Russell was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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