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CAMPBELL, John Corliss Jr - Date of
birth
25 May 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Sherwood, Renville County, North Dakota -
Hometown
Stark County, North Dakota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-747376 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
30 April 1944 - Place of
death
South of Tigy, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 24 | 8 |
Immediate family
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Members
John C. Campbell Sr. (father)
Edith E. (Munro) Campbell (mother)
Mary T. Campbell (sister)
Colin L. Campbell (brother)
Logan M. Campbell (brother)
Eugenia A. Campbell (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-107012 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Lyon, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 4466
More information
1st Lt John C. Campbell attended college before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 6 April 1942.Sgt Robert W. Dirks:
Campbell flying to rear of our ship fighter came in from 6 o’clock low hit 17 in belly. When hit must have hit oxygen. Sheet metal, pulley’s and cables fell out. Belly seemed to blow up. Fighter then leveled off on us. Saw one man go out waist. Watched plane it had started in a slow spin down. Did not watch it hit ground as was concentrated on fighter which attack us.
Maj E. A. Bradunas:
I have heard that Lt Regan tells that they found our boys plane crashed and with seven of the boys bodies still there. That only the three who parachuted out were saved.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.
He is remembered in Neuvy-en-Sullias, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Sue Straight
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Audra Wood Fisher / Stabler C