The snafu of the casualty list was that the Army serial number was off by one digit. Consequently Russell was given the asn of DuPriest.

Joseph Albert Russell born on 12 April 1918 at Clayton, Union County, New Mexico, died 18 December 1943.
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery↗
Joseph A Russell asn-18035124 a single white male born New Mexico in 1918 residing in Harding County, New Mexico working as a farmhand with two years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps as a private at Santa Fe, New Mexico on 16 July 1941.

John Duncan Dupriest born on 18 October 1916 at Alabama, died 16 November 1981 Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.
Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery↗
John D Dupriest asn-18034124 a single white male born Alabama in 1916 residing in Eastland County, Texas working as a truck driver with two years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Signal Corps as a private at Dallas, Texas on 25 March 1941.