Died in Balad, Iraq on Feb 11, 2007.
From Bethel Park, PA, Russell was 22 years old.
Killed when a makeshift bomb detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Fallujah. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
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(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Feb. 20, 2007)
Soldier slain in Iraq had put off college
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 13, 2007)