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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Warner Russell
Date of birth
13 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-2000985
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Sindorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 15 61

Immediate family

Members
James A. Campbell (father)
Martha M. (Warner) Campbell (mother)
Raymond W. Campbell (brother)
Anna W. Campbell (sister)
Mary J. (Carpenter) Campbell (wife)
Peter C. Campbell (son)

More information

Lt Campbell had the rank of Technical Sergeant when he arrived in Europe.

He was reported wounded in action in Moerdijk, the Netherlands. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, WWIIMemorial.com, archives.gov www.findagrave.com - David C. Henderson, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Siem Voogt, www.knox.edu/99lives - Photo courtesy of Knox College Seymour Library, Special Collections and Archives, Galesburg, Illinois