N
avy Torpedo Bomber Radioman
Timeline
Birth- Aug 13, 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)
Sep 1944
VT-1 (reformed)
Enlistment- Jun 13, 1940-Age: 19 years
Salt Lake City (or Ogden) Utah
Casualty- Jun 13, 1944-Age: 23 years
Slight wound from 40mm shrapnel
Near Piti Guam
Award- Nov 4, 1944-Age: 23 years
Gold Star in lieu of second Air Medal
Death- Jan 18, 1993-Age: 71 years
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Other Facts
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
