Walter J. Campbell
Walter Campbell was born in Teaneck on 1/29/1946 to Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell. He was one of six children. He lived in Teaneck all of his life. Walter left high school when he was a sophomore in May of 1963 to work for a local landscaper.
He joined the Marines immediately after his 18th birthday. When he enlisted, he planned on making the Marines his career. He had wanted to be a Marine since he was 12.
Walter achieved the rank of Private. He served with the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Private Campbell was killed on 10/26/64 in a helicopter collision in Huelva, Spain in which nine Marines died during amphibious landing exercises. He had visited home approximately a month before he was killed and told his family how much he enjoyed being a Marine.
This valiant Marine is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hackensack, NJ.
Ancestry.com
- 1940 United States Federal Census (John & Louise Campbell, parents)
Newspaper Articles & Obituaries
- Body Of Marine Killed In Crash Due to Arrive - The Record, Wednesday, October 28, 1964, p. 69
- He always wanted to be a Marine... - Newark Star-Ledger, Webnesday, October 28, 1964, p.1
- Walter Campbell: Teaneck Marine Was Victim of Copter Crash - The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, october 28, 1964
- War Manuevers: Marines Carry On Dispite 9 Deaths - Desert Sun, Oct. 27, 1964
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