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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Glenn Harold
Date of birth
8 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Beggs, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Virginia

Military service

Service number
33632046
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
B Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 april 1945
Place of death
Münster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 21 1

Immediate family

Members
Frank Campbell (father)
Dortha Campbell (mother)

More information

Pfc Glenn H. Campbell enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 31 March 1943.
He completed 3 years of Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia.
Pfc Campbell died in Münster, Germany.
He drove his jeep on a land mine.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Robin Huijnen, Carla Mans, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Robin Huijnen, www.findagrave.com - Jon Strupp