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Personal info

Full name
CAMPBELL, Russell Joseph
Date of birth
17 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bancroft, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31153912
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 66

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Campbell (father)
Geneva M. (White) Campbell (mother)
Leida I. Campbell (sister)
Alwin L. Campbell (brother)
Leland A. Campbell (brother)
Philip R. Campbell (brother)
Doris B. Campbell (sister)
Thelma E. Campbell (sistyer)
Reginald C. Campbell (brother)
Freda A> Campbell (sister)
Joan R. Campbell (sister)
Mary E. Campbell (sister)
Glenna A. (sister)
Blaine C. Campbell (brother)
Lorraine M. (Libby) Campbell (wife)
Bonnie Campbell (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Russell J. Campbell attended high school for four years and was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 8 October 1942.

He was killed by a land mine.

He is remembered at the Riverside Cemetery in Haynesville, Aroostook County, Maine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rollins Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division. www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / Mary John
Photo source: wwwfindagrave.com - Andy