Sgt. Russell "Russ" J. Littlefield   

 

Mil# 20154337

Enlisted: 24 Februari 1941, Providence, RI

 Recon. Company 643rd TD BN / HQ & Recon. Company 702nd TD BN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born: 29 November 1922    Place: Providence, RI

Died: 11 Januari 1989      Place: Boston, MA

Buried: Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA

 

Wife: Elsie Littlefield   Married:

Children: Robert

 

Father: Russell Littlefield   Mother: Katherine Littlefield (Proffitt)

Brother: William

 

 

Awards

 

Bronze Star Medal

 

 

European African Middle Eastern Service Medal

5 Battle Stars "Normandy - Northern France - Ardennes - Rhineland - Central Europe"

 

 

 

Transferred into the 702nd Tank Destroyer at Camp Chaffee in Arkansas in December of 1943

 

 

 

 

 Russellīs name on the turret of M8 Vehicle, 643rd TD BN New England Military Museum in Danbury, CT

 

 

 

Russell's gravemarker on Massachusetts National Cemetery

 

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