YODER, Russel Joseph	
Servicenumber:	33875360	 

 	
Age:	27		
Born:	9 March 1917, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania		
Hometown:	York, York County, Pennsylvania		
Family:	Barton E. Yoder (father)
Florence E. Yoder (mother)
George B. Yoder (brother)
Robert B. Yoder (brother)
Elvin C. Yoder (brother)
Anne E. Yoder (sister)
Betty J. Yoder (sister)
Edna M. Yoder (sister)
Lorraine Yoder (sister)
Dorothy Yoder (sister)
Ruth V. (Martin) Yoder (wife)
Russel J. Yoder Jr. (son)
Robert C. Yoder (son)		
Rank:	Sergeant		
Function:	Squad Leader		
Regiment:	115th Infantry Regiment		
Battalion:	1st Battalion		
Division – Transport:	29th Infantry Division		
Company – Squadron:	A Company		
Unit – Group:	-		
Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)	-		
Date of death:	8 December 1944		
Status:	KIA		
Place of death:	West bank of Rur River in Jülich, Germany		
Spot:	Not available		
Awards:	Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters		
Gravenumber:	Plot N, Row 20, Grave 11		
Cemetery:	American War Cemetery Margraten		
Biography:	-		
Other information:	Sgt Russel J. Yoder was married to Ruth Vera  Martin in 1937, he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1944.

He completed 2 years of high school before he enlisted.
He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 15 August 1944 and was promoted to Private First Class on 4 September 1944 and to Sergeant on 1 November 1944.
He was lightly wounded in action in France on 14 September 1944 and was injured the second time, in Gemarny on 6 October 1944.		

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, John T. Gerlosky, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.goc, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII
Enlistment Record, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org, www.findagrave.com,  www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census /  World War II Army Enlistment Records / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966 / 29th Infantry Division "Blue and Gray" Unit History, The Gazette and Daily (York, Pennsylvania)
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert C. (Yoder) Miller Sr. (son) / The Gazette and Daily (York, Pennsylvania)