Name:
Russell A. Wetzel
Rank:
Sergeant
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Unit:
135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1942-08-24
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Cemetery:
lden Cemetery, Alden, Minnesota
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Russell A. Wetzel was born on April 11, 1916. He served in Company G, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division as a Sergeant during World War II. He died on August 24, 1942, at the age of 26, in Ireland, and was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. SGT Wetzel is buried now in the Alden Cemetery, Alden, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA.