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CAMPBELL, Charles Andrew - Date of
birth
18 November 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Dry Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Spring Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33233001 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 October 1944 - Place of
death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Charles Campbell (father)
Nancy J. (Beckenbaugh) Campbell (mother)
Nannie Campbell (sister)
John E. Campbell (brother)
Lydia Campbell (sister)
Lucinda Campbell (sister)
Leah F. (Nesbitt) Campbell (wife)
Ralph A. Campbell (son)
More information
Pfc Charles A. Campbell enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 9 June 1942. He was a driller before he enlisted.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1920/1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten