Jesse Campbell

NAME: Jesse Campbell

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PLACE OF BIRTH: Martinsville, Virginia

DATE OF BIRTH:

DATES OF SERVICE: 1943 to Dec 1945

UNIT ASSIGNED: B CO, 509th PIB

E CO 508th PIR

CAMPAIGNS: Anzio (Arrowhead), Rome-Arno, Southern France (Arrowhead), Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland

AWARDS (WWII): Master Parachutist Badge with one Combat Jump Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal with one Arrowhead and four Bronze Stars, World War Two Victory Medal, Army of Occupation (Germany), Cold War Victory Medal, Belgium Fourragere (Red), French Fourragere (Maroon), Netherlands Lanyard, Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster, French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star

DECORATIONS:

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgium Army for Action in the Ardennes

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgium Army for Action at St Vith

Authorized to wear the Insignia of the French 3rd Zouaves Regiment

Presented Red Beret by British Airborne Troops Commander, Major General F.A.M. Browning

Belgium Croix de Guerre with oak leaf cluster

" Special Diploma" from the French Government

SUMMARY OF SERVICE: Assigned to the 509th PIB as a replacement at the Anzio Beachhead. Made the combat jump into Southern France, 15 August 1944. Participated in the Battle of the Bulge. When the 509th disbanded March 1945, he was reassigned to E CO 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. "America's Guard of Honor 82nd Airborne Division. General Eisenhower's "SHAEF" Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. Riems, France "Little Red School House" 8 May 1945 - Capitulation Du Riech.

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