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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, William F
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
7006393
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 11

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Campbell (father)
Daisy Campbell (mother)
Jefferson M. Campbell (brother)
Charles Campbell (brother)
Betty Campbell (sister)

More information

T/Sgt William F. Campbell attended Buchanan High School.

He joined the Regular Army on 23 January 1940.

He had been in service 5 years and overseas for the last 2 years. He participated in the North African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns and later in France.

T/Sgt Campbell was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News South Carolina, 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News South Carolina, 1944