Glenn H. Campbell

Glenn H. Campbell was the first soldier from Blue Earth County to lose his life during World War I. He was killed in action on the night of February 27, 1918 when the ammunition train he was stationed on was hit by a shrapnel shell.

Campbell was assigned to the First division Ammunition Train, Motor Truck section. His train was moving toward the front to re-supply the soldiers fighting there, when a shrapnel shell struck the truck Campbell was riding in. The shrapnel tore through the radiator and struck Campbell in the side, passing completely through his body. He was taken to an advance hospital in the cellar of a nearby village, where he died a short time later.

Campbell was buried in grave No. 184 in an American military cemetery located near the rear of a church at Mandercs, France. He was buried with full military honors.

Glenn Campbell was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Campbell who lived on Pleasant Street in Mankato.

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Source:

In The World War 1917-1918-1919. The Free Press Company. Mankato, MN. 1920