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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Albert Leo
Date of birth
21 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35106832
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 35 31

Immediate family

Members
Frank W. Campbell (father)
Anna (Heisser) Campbell (mother)
Sallie E. (Goodman) Campbell (stepmother)
George Campbell (brother)
Loyd I. Gore (half brother)
Samuel S. Gore (half brother)
Edmond H. Gore (half brother)
Catherine Campbell (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Albert L. Campbell enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 31 July 1941. He attended 1 year of high school and was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Michelshof, Luxembourg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, Toul, France.

His halfbrother Samuel was killed in a plane crash in Colorado during his service.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index / Eschman Piotrski Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan