Campbell, Willard Joseph "Dee"

1924 - 1974  (49 years)    Has 24 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Campbell, Willard Joseph "Dee"
  Nickname	Dee
  Born	23 Feb 1924	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1930 Census	1930	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Milwaukee, ED 40-27 page 12a, listed age 6 born WI, wi th mother Florence age 28.
  Military Service	Between 23 Sep 1942 and 29 Jun 1943  [1]
  WWII Army veteran
  WWII; It was WWII. I have what's left of his service record. Much of it was destroyed by fire. He was in the regular army from 9/23/42 until his honorable discharge 6/29/43, when he was discharged to accept a commission in the Army. He went through pilot training. in Blytheville Ark, Greenwood, Miss., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Maxwell field in Montgomery, Ala. He was married to Jean at the time and already had a child. I'm afraid it didn't end well. He was AWOL for 37 days and court martialed at Drew Field in Tampa Fla., 2/15/45 and sentence to three years hard labor at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
  Occupation	Bef 1 Jan 1974
  Unknown
  Unknown
  Death Record - Civil	1 Jan 1974
  WILLARD CAMPBELL SSN 394-14-6477 Residence: Born 23 Feb 1924 Last Benefit: Died Jan 1974 Issued: WI (Before 1951) No death Record found Outagamie county
  Family History Researcher	Email; Date: 7/02/2007 9:07:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: kathy.montgomery@cox.net Kathy Montgomery My father, Joseph Willard "Dee" died of a) hemorrhage, b) right pneumonectomy c) carcinoma right lung, according to his death certificate. My mother told me he had lung cancer and died as a result of the surgery. On his service application, my father listed his name as Willard NMI Campbell. His death certificate reads Willard Joseph Campbell. I always understood it as Willard Joseph. I mention this because your research refers to him as Joseph Willard. Jean E., my father's first wife, was Jean Adams, according to his service record. They were married before May 43 and had 1 child by that time, according to his service record. On July 30, 43, he listed Jean's address as 1270 N. 47th Street, Milwaukee. His service record also says he attended Wauwatosa High School in Milwaukee. Under his employment record, he listed Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica from 6/41 to 9/42. He gives no details. I found that interesting given that Hank Marino opened his bowling alley in Santa Monica in 1940. Douglas Aircraft was, indeed, in full swing during that time in Santa Monica supporting the war effort Some divorce dates for my dad "Dee": Jean: 1947 Thekla (also spelled Teckla): She filed for divorce three times before it was finalized: 4/27/53 (reconciled 10/02/53), 5/01/55 (reconciled by December), and finally 1/07/59. The divorce was granted on 5/21/59 (my father didn't show up). Mary Janice Varney: 4/08/64 My mother, Mary Janice Varney, remarried Roland Harry Haffner in 2/12/66 and in 1/06/68, both in Las Vegas. The first marriage wasn't legal as he was still married to another woman. BTW, in the divorce papers, he is called Willard J. Campbell. Here's something else I thought was interesting. I may have found another marriage for my dad. I was doing a newspaper search and came across an article in the Waukesha Daily Freeman dated 9/08/49. It said that a woman named Pearl Campbell of Waukesha was granted an annulment from Willard Campbell of Milwaukee. It said he married her before having been divorced for a full year as required by law. Apparently he was divorced on 3/30/46 and married Pearl in July. I got the divorce date from Jean from my mom's divorce petition. She had a specific date for his second divorce, but only a year for the first. It's possible she was guessing, and was off by a few months. I don't know if this would have made six marriages, or if my mom was his fourth.
  Died	1 Jan 1974	Saint Louis, St. Louis (City), Missouri, USA
  Cause: Cancer of Lung - Aged 49 years
  Donated to Science
  Obituary	Aft 1 Jan 1974
  Missing text or image. (Library req - not found Kaukauna Times) No obit found in Appleton Post Crescent
  Buried	See Notes
  Body Donated to Science
  Person ID	I16331	1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, HaleyKleckner37946, TomTurriff28815
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Campbell, Willard Thomas,   b. 1 Jul 1896, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1990, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Connelly, Florence,   b. 22 Mar 1902, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1983, La Crescenta, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adams, Jean E.
  Children	1. Campbell, Karen "KC"
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F44644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Smith, Theckla,   b. 11 Oct 1921, ?, Unknown Location ,   d. 30 Mar 1996  (Age 74 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1950	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Divorced	1 May 1959
  Children	+ 1. Campbell, Maureen + 2. Campbell, Bridget
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F6069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Varney, Mary Janice,   b. 17 Nov 1937, Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 2000, Carson, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1961	, Lake County, Illinois, USA
  Divorced	8 Apr 1964
  Children	+ 1. Campbell, Kathleen Ann
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F44645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Lachenschidt, Lorraine
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F44646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 23 Feb 1924 - Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1930 Census - 1930 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Married - 11 Nov 1950 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Married - 1 Feb 1961 - , Lake County, Illinois, USA Died - Cause: Cancer of Lung - Aged 49 years - 1 Jan 1974 - Saint Louis, St. Louis (City), Missouri, USA Buried - - See Notes  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S843] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.). *Ancestry:* (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 22 Aug 2014, entry for , born 23 Feb 1924 died 1 Jan 1974; Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.