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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Irving Edward Jr
Date of birth
11 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas
Hometown
Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
O1320506
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Flin, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 107

Immediate family

Members
Irving E. Campbell Sr. (father)
Marguerite P. (Sapp) Campbell (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Irving E. Campbell Jr. attended college for four years and was an insurance salesman. He was star tackle of L.S.U. in 1937, 1938 and 1939, and a participant in the 1938 Sugar Bowl game and the 1939 Blue-Gray game.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 18 June 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is also remembered at the Fayette City Cemetery in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Creter Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Birmingham News 9 December 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Birmingham News 9 December 1945, www.findagrave.com - Tiebo's Team