Arthur
L. McCampbell
Died
June 24, 1918
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The 117th Infantry, East
Tennessee's crack contribution to the Thirtieth Division, went into the front
line trenches in Belgium standing between the Hun and battle-scarred Ypres,
and the casualty list which brought sadness to so many homes, began to climb. The night o July 18, 1918
and July 19. From July 18, 1918, the
casualties grew steadily until the armistice came. They had reached 337 officers and men dead
and more than 1,300 wounded. The 117th lost some men by disease and accident
before crossing the Atlantic, and one man, Private Arthur L. McCampbell, of Company M, was killed while preparing to
move to the Ypres area by the accidental explosion of a trench mortar, June
24.
ORIGINS According to our records
Tennessee was his home or enlistment state and Monroe County included within
the archival record. We have
Madisonville listed as the city. SERVICE He had enlisted in the
Army. Served during World War I. He had the rank of Private. CASUALTY McCampbell experienced a traumatic event which resulted in
loss of life. Recorded circumstances attributed to: "Died of
Wounds". COMMENDATIONS ★ Purple Heart ★ World War I Victory Medal
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