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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Wallace Wilburn
Date of birth
19 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Gore, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38130846
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 August 1944
Place of death
Near Château-Thierry, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 8

Immediate family

Members
William L. Campbell (father)
Emma N. Campbell (mother)
Herbert Campbell (brother)
Hugh W. Campbell (brother)
Nannie E. Campbell (sister)
Ellen Campbell (sister)
Hazel Campbell (sister)
William D. Campbell (brother)
Lila G. Campbell (sister)

More information

Pfc Wallace W. Campbell was employed as a caddy at Southern Hills Country Club.

He enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 7 July 1942.

Pfc Campbell was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, https://9thinfantrydivision.net, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy