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| | CORP. ROBERT W. RUSSELL
Serial No. 2,026,602
820 N. Webster St., Saginaw, Mich.
Inducted at Custer, November 24, 1917.
Before coming into the army Corp. Russell worked as an electrician for the Saginaw Electric Company in company with Sergt. Schmuck, and by a kind coincidence was assigned to the same outfit in the army.
He attended Liaison School at Camp Coetquidan, and was made Telephone Corporal.
At the Montauville position Sergt. Schmuck was taken ill with trench fever and Captain Cherrill detailed Corp. Russell as Acting Telephone and Signal Sergeant. This work involved unusual responsibility, as he supervised all repairing of wires under shell-fire, and maintained the lines of communication in good order. At Tautecourt Farm our wires were cut five times, and the anxious and important work of restoring the effectiveness of this equipment fell upon Corp. Russell. In the discharge of his duties he went without sleep and on low rations, as did the rest of his detail and cannoneers.
He was familiarly called “Bobby” by the boys.
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