Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division

Highest Rank:

Staff Sergeant, E-6

Theater of Operation:

Pacific

Served:

Mar 26, 1943 - Oct 26, 1945

Military Honors:

Marched more miles over difficult terrain, suffered more casualties than any other unit in Pacific Campaign.
Awarded 2 Purple Hearts, WWII Victory Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Honorable Discharge
Certificate of Recognition
Honor Flight Dayton Ohio, recognized Staff Sargent Hank, @ Wash DC Memorials, September 7, 2019

Honored By:

Allen R Hank, son

Biography

Russell graduate from Reading High School, where he played football, basketball, and ran track. He was married for 39 years to Lena Stokes, with whom he had two sons. Russell was employed by Gardener Board & Carton in Lockland, Ohio, and he worked as a millwright for 38 years. He was a member of St John UCC, the Masonic Lodge Military, and the 169th Infantry Regiment, and the 43rd Infantry Division, which suffered more casualties than any other unit in Pacific Campaign. 

Russell was stationed in Solomon Islands, New Calidonia, New Guinea, and the Philippines, and participated in the occupation of Japan.