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Robert Richard Campbell


World War II · US Navy · Chief Petty Officer

Rank: Chief Petty Officer
United States of America
N

avy Torpedo Bomber Radioman

Birth- 13 Aug 1921
Idaho Falls, Idaho

1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 23 years

Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Navy
Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Service Number
3684906
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "radioman" - operated radios and manned 30 caliber gun
Stationed- 1940
Sand Point NAS, Kodiak Alaska
Patrol Wing Four
1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Sept 1944
VT-1 (reformed)
Enlistment- 13 Jun 1940-Age: 19 years
Salt Lake City (or Ogden) Utah
Casualty- 13 Jun 1944-Age: 23 years
Slight wound from 40mm shrapnel
Near Piti Guam
Award- 4 Nov 1944-Age: 23 years
Gold Star in lieu of second Air Medal
Death- 18 Jan 1993-Age: 71 years
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Full Name
Robert Richard Campbell
Child
Jean, Joan, Beth, Bobbette
Father
Robert Thomas Campbell
Mother
Katherine Levere "Katie" Campbell (Chandler)
Sibling
Grace, William, Donald, Dorothy

Marriage

Doris Marie Mullen
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