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Melvin
Rhodes
Russell

Born:

, 

Missouri

Melvin Russell graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    XII Army Group

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Melvin Rhodes Russell (ASN: 0-21097), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the TWELFTH Army Group, from 1942 to 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Regiment:

    Artillery

    Division:

    40th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    1954
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Melvin Rhodes Russell (ASN: 0-21097), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, Division Artillery, 40th Infantry Division; and later with Headquarters, EIGHTH Army, in Korea, in 1954.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Action Date:

    August 1965 – July 1968
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 44 (August 22, 1968)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Field Artillery) Melvin Rhodes Russell (ASN: 0-21097), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, during the period from August 1965 through July 1968.