Seeking information on Gold Star soldier, William Henry Campbell, KIA, Battle of Remagen

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  1. ajhuberty

    ajhuberty Member

    Hello.

    I am conducting family history research on William Henry Campbell, 21, born 10/18/1923 in Rockbridge, Richland County, WI. He served in the US Army and was a Private. His service ID was 36295320. He was killed in action at Battle of Remagen on March 10th, 1945. He was with Co K. 394 H INF 99 TH DIV.

    Seeking any/all information about his time in the service.

    An OMPF request for information is planned to be sent soon.

    Thank you!
     

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  2. davidbfpo

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    No trace on ABMC even after multiple searches. I thought the CWGC had it's faults, but ABMC is hard to search.

    Anyway I did find:
    There is a newspaper clipping with a B&W photo (1945) and a grave photo.
    From: William H Campbell (1923-1945) - Find a Grave...

    Another genealogy site states the cemetery was: Woodstock Cemetery, Bloom, Richland, Wisconsin

    The battle @ Remagen was between 7–25 March 1945 and the 99th Division crossed on 10/3/1945 under heavy artillery fire. See: Battle of Remagen - Wikipedia In particular the section "Dead Men's Corner", your subject is not named in the text.

    Additional starting points for information: 99th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia and 394th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

    I have a vague recollection that if the deceased family asked for their relative to be returned home the USG obliged.
     
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  3. ajhuberty

    ajhuberty Member

    Thank you! What do the abbreviations ABMC and CWCG stand for?
     
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  5. Owen

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    His body was repatriated to the USA so he won't be on the ABMC website.
    They only list the dead who they look after.
     
    Owen, Feb 17, 2025
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  6. davidbfpo

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    Owen,

    I started with a wider search, nowt and went to ABMC again nowt after searching. So, tried again and up he came on Find a Grave.
     
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  7. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    David
    Maybe sometimes you could just learn from and then remember what's posted in response to your posts.
    Maybe sometimes you could hold back and wait for replies from people who know the subject.
    Maybe sometimes you could read entire posts before telling newcomers to do something they've already done.
    Maybe sometimes you could acknowledge errors, instead of quietly editing them out of your posts / not thanking those who corrected your mistakes (& whose posts are then left looking slightly irrelevant).


    Apologies to ajhuberty for the brief side-track.
    Let's get back to the original query. I hope someone who has experience of US unit and service research can help you. Admittedly, it's not this forum's main focus but we do try to help & we do have quite a few members based in USA.
     
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  8. Temujin

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    Information held on the 99th Inf Division and it 3 Infantry Regiments

    https://www.armyheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/ref-bibs/veteran-survey-inventories/World War II Veterans Survey/Infantry Divisions/99th Infantry Division.pdf

    https://www.armyheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/ref-bibs/unit-histories/Infantry/Infantry Regiments/394th Infantry Regiment.pdf

    Lone Sentry: Battle Babies: The Story of the 99th Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet


    AND ww2f.com has a lot of information available on the 99th Division, and specifically Co K & M of the 394th Infantry Regiment. I would try for more answers on their website
     
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  9. Owen

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    In post number one is a photo of his grave that is obviously not in a military cemetery , therefore I would not have gone to the ABMC website because he would not be on it.
     
    Owen, Feb 18, 2025
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  10. davidbfpo

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    Owen,

    The opening post at 604pm had two colour images initially from the honorstates website. The other four images were added I think in an edit at 646pm. Two of them came from find a grave and the others from the author's private collection.
     
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  11. ajhuberty

    ajhuberty Member

    Yes, my apologies. I did, in fact, piecemeal my attachments after hitting first submit. I came across more images I thought relevant to share.
     
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