US PARAS Bonfield, Russell Miles

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bonfield​

• FORENAME

Russell Miles​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

34160338​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th September 1943​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Plot C,1112​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.07.1918 Patton, Alabama, USA​

father Harry Bonfield (1877-1943)​

mother Glenda Gertrude (nee Capps) Bonfield (1890-1982)​

1 year high school​

graduated Phillips High School​

civil occupation Retail Manager​

employed by Ala Mercantile Co., 2321 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 1105 18th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Birmingham, Alabama (shows D.O.B. 27.07.1918)​

13.09.1941 entered service Fort McClellan, Alabama​

died New Guinea (non battle)​

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