Grave marker for Russell A. Ludemann in Plot: Q, 0,
4102 of the Long Island National Cemetery,
Farmingdale (Suffolk County), New York.
Russell enlisted at New York city, NY
on February 18, 1942. He may have been
initially assigned to an infantry unit and later
volunteered for parachutist duty. Within a
year's time he was assigned to Col G of the 508th
PIR
He participated in the airborne
assault on Normandy, D-0Day, June 6, 1944 and was
awarded the Bronze Service Arrowhead device to be worn
on his European-Middle Eastern-Africa (EAME)
campaign ribbon. |
