Military Monday

Russell Clair Winans

Born 12 May 1914 in Deloit, Crawford County, Iowa.

Died 22 March 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Served 1 1/2 years in the Navy receiving an honorable discharge in 1943 when the navy decreased it's numbers.

He was killed accidentally while working at the North American bomber plant in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 28 years. He is buried in Delano Cemetery, Cameron, Missouri with his parents. Cause of death was a crushed skull as he accidentally walked into a whirling propellor blade.

Sources:

Death Certificate, State of Kansas

The Cameron Sun, Thursday, February 25, 1943

The Cameron News Observer, Tuesday, February 23, 1943

The Kansas City Kansan, February 23, 1943

A view of the inside of the North American Bomber Plant of Kansas City, KS taken in October, 1942 from The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., Alfred T. Palmer, photographer: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8d42698))