Ovid Walter Campbell was the son of Eugene B. Campbell and Clara U. Beavers. Ovid was raised on the family farm, where all of his older siblings began working at an early age. The Campbells moved from Texas to Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma, in the 1920s, where his father underwent a radical change in profession, becoming the minister of a local Baptist church.
The 1930 U.S. Census shows the Campbell family as living in Granite with the following family members living in the home:
Head Eugene B Campbell M 48 Texas
Wife Clara U Campbell F 47 Texas
Son Lloyd B Campbell M 24 Oklahoma
Dau Leora V Campbell F 21 Texas
Son Lindsey S Campbell M 19 Texas
Son Troy T Campbell M 17 Texas
Son Ovid W Campbell M 13 Texas
Dau Verba J Campbell F 4 Oklahoma
Mother-in-law Martha A Beavers F 85 Mississippi
Ovid completed high school and briefly attended college at Central Oklahoma State College.
Ovid enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 22, 1938. After completing boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he received his first assignment to the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Ovid was promoted to Private First Class in August 1939. He served in Nevada until December, when orders came through for him to proceed to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. At his new posting, Campbell served as a "prison chaser" (guard) at the post brig, and was promoted to corporal in October of 1940.
When the Fourth Marine Regiment arrived in the Philippines from Shanghai, China, to prepare the defense of the islands, Campbells' barracks detachment became the regiment's Third Battalion with Ovid becoming a NCO in Company K. The day after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor, they assaulted the Philippines.
The American and Philippine military forces fought bravely and caused the Japanese to expend a great deal of manpower and equipment to beat them. But, largely due to receiving no support from outside of the Philippines, the Allied forces lost Manila, Bataan and Cavite. After their evacuation from Olongapo in Zambales, close to the Subic Bay Naval Base on December 26th, the Fourth Marine Regiment, under the command of Col. Samuel L. Howard, became the primary fighting unit on the island. Corregidor's Army garrison received the largest group of reinforcements right after the fall of Bataan, with some 72 officers and 1,173 enlisted men from more than fifty different units and were integrated and assigned to the Fourth Marines. Few of the reinforcements were trained or equipped for ground combat. By April 30, 1942, the Fourth Marines had four battalions and actually numbered 229 officers and 3,770 men, of whom only 1,500 were Marines with the rest being Army troops and sailors; one of those Marines was Ovid Campbell.
Corporal Ovid Campbell was killed in action on May 6, 1942, when the Japanese overran Corregidor and the U.S. forces surrendered. How he died and what happened to his remains are unknown.
At the time of his death, Ovid's parents were living at Box 878, Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.
Corporal Ovid Walter Campbell, Sn# 275590, earned the following badges/decorations during his career in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (not in order of precedence):
- Purple Heart Medal (Posthumously)
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- American Defense Medal with Base Clasp
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Campaign Medal with one bronze battle/campaign star
- World War II Victory Medal
- U.S. Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Philippine Defense Medal with bronze campaign star
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Badge
- Marine Corps Basic Qualification Badge with bar(s)
**NOTE** - A portion of this bio is based on information from the website missingmarines.com. They have done a fantastic job of researching approximately 3000 US Marines whose bodies were lost in the war. This writer wholeheartedly recommends their site for researchers or families of the missing. - Rick Lawrence, MSgt., USMC/USAFR {RET})
The 1930 U.S. Census shows the Campbell family as living in Granite with the following family members living in the home:
Head Eugene B Campbell M 48 Texas
Wife Clara U Campbell F 47 Texas
Son Lloyd B Campbell M 24 Oklahoma
Dau Leora V Campbell F 21 Texas
Son Lindsey S Campbell M 19 Texas
Son Troy T Campbell M 17 Texas
Son Ovid W Campbell M 13 Texas
Dau Verba J Campbell F 4 Oklahoma
Mother-in-law Martha A Beavers F 85 Mississippi
Ovid completed high school and briefly attended college at Central Oklahoma State College.
Ovid enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 22, 1938. After completing boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he received his first assignment to the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Ovid was promoted to Private First Class in August 1939. He served in Nevada until December, when orders came through for him to proceed to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. At his new posting, Campbell served as a "prison chaser" (guard) at the post brig, and was promoted to corporal in October of 1940.
When the Fourth Marine Regiment arrived in the Philippines from Shanghai, China, to prepare the defense of the islands, Campbells' barracks detachment became the regiment's Third Battalion with Ovid becoming a NCO in Company K. The day after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor, they assaulted the Philippines.
The American and Philippine military forces fought bravely and caused the Japanese to expend a great deal of manpower and equipment to beat them. But, largely due to receiving no support from outside of the Philippines, the Allied forces lost Manila, Bataan and Cavite. After their evacuation from Olongapo in Zambales, close to the Subic Bay Naval Base on December 26th, the Fourth Marine Regiment, under the command of Col. Samuel L. Howard, became the primary fighting unit on the island. Corregidor's Army garrison received the largest group of reinforcements right after the fall of Bataan, with some 72 officers and 1,173 enlisted men from more than fifty different units and were integrated and assigned to the Fourth Marines. Few of the reinforcements were trained or equipped for ground combat. By April 30, 1942, the Fourth Marines had four battalions and actually numbered 229 officers and 3,770 men, of whom only 1,500 were Marines with the rest being Army troops and sailors; one of those Marines was Ovid Campbell.
Corporal Ovid Campbell was killed in action on May 6, 1942, when the Japanese overran Corregidor and the U.S. forces surrendered. How he died and what happened to his remains are unknown.
At the time of his death, Ovid's parents were living at Box 878, Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.
Corporal Ovid Walter Campbell, Sn# 275590, earned the following badges/decorations during his career in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (not in order of precedence):
- Purple Heart Medal (Posthumously)
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- American Defense Medal with Base Clasp
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Campaign Medal with one bronze battle/campaign star
- World War II Victory Medal
- U.S. Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Philippine Defense Medal with bronze campaign star
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Badge
- Marine Corps Basic Qualification Badge with bar(s)
**NOTE** - A portion of this bio is based on information from the website missingmarines.com. They have done a fantastic job of researching approximately 3000 US Marines whose bodies were lost in the war. This writer wholeheartedly recommends their site for researchers or families of the missing. - Rick Lawrence, MSgt., USMC/USAFR {RET})
Ovid Walter Campbell was the son of Eugene B. Campbell and Clara U. Beavers. Ovid was raised on the family farm, where all of his older siblings began working at an early age. The Campbells moved from Texas to Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma, in the 1920s, where his father underwent a radical change in profession, becoming the minister of a local Baptist church.
The 1930 U.S. Census shows the Campbell family as living in Granite with the following family members living in the home:
Head Eugene B Campbell M 48 Texas
Wife Clara U Campbell F 47 Texas
Son Lloyd B Campbell M 24 Oklahoma
Dau Leora V Campbell F 21 Texas
Son Lindsey S Campbell M 19 Texas
Son Troy T Campbell M 17 Texas
Son Ovid W Campbell M 13 Texas
Dau Verba J Campbell F 4 Oklahoma
Mother-in-law Martha A Beavers F 85 Mississippi
Ovid completed high school and briefly attended college at Central Oklahoma State College.
Ovid enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 22, 1938. After completing boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he received his first assignment to the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Ovid was promoted to Private First Class in August 1939. He served in Nevada until December, when orders came through for him to proceed to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. At his new posting, Campbell served as a "prison chaser" (guard) at the post brig, and was promoted to corporal in October of 1940.
When the Fourth Marine Regiment arrived in the Philippines from Shanghai, China, to prepare the defense of the islands, Campbells' barracks detachment became the regiment's Third Battalion with Ovid becoming a NCO in Company K. The day after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor, they assaulted the Philippines.
The American and Philippine military forces fought bravely and caused the Japanese to expend a great deal of manpower and equipment to beat them. But, largely due to receiving no support from outside of the Philippines, the Allied forces lost Manila, Bataan and Cavite. After their evacuation from Olongapo in Zambales, close to the Subic Bay Naval Base on December 26th, the Fourth Marine Regiment, under the command of Col. Samuel L. Howard, became the primary fighting unit on the island. Corregidor's Army garrison received the largest group of reinforcements right after the fall of Bataan, with some 72 officers and 1,173 enlisted men from more than fifty different units and were integrated and assigned to the Fourth Marines. Few of the reinforcements were trained or equipped for ground combat. By April 30, 1942, the Fourth Marines had four battalions and actually numbered 229 officers and 3,770 men, of whom only 1,500 were Marines with the rest being Army troops and sailors; one of those Marines was Ovid Campbell.
Corporal Ovid Campbell was killed in action on May 6, 1942, when the Japanese overran Corregidor and the U.S. forces surrendered. How he died and what happened to his remains are unknown.
At the time of his death, Ovid's parents were living at Box 878, Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.
Corporal Ovid Walter Campbell, Sn# 275590, earned the following badges/decorations during his career in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (not in order of precedence):
- Purple Heart Medal (Posthumously)
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- American Defense Medal with Base Clasp
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Campaign Medal with one bronze battle/campaign star
- World War II Victory Medal
- U.S. Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Philippine Defense Medal with bronze campaign star
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Badge
- Marine Corps Basic Qualification Badge with bar(s)
**NOTE** - A portion of this bio is based on information from the website missingmarines.com. They have done a fantastic job of researching approximately 3000 US Marines whose bodies were lost in the war. This writer wholeheartedly recommends their site for researchers or families of the missing. - Rick Lawrence, MSgt., USMC/USAFR {RET})
The 1930 U.S. Census shows the Campbell family as living in Granite with the following family members living in the home:
Head Eugene B Campbell M 48 Texas
Wife Clara U Campbell F 47 Texas
Son Lloyd B Campbell M 24 Oklahoma
Dau Leora V Campbell F 21 Texas
Son Lindsey S Campbell M 19 Texas
Son Troy T Campbell M 17 Texas
Son Ovid W Campbell M 13 Texas
Dau Verba J Campbell F 4 Oklahoma
Mother-in-law Martha A Beavers F 85 Mississippi
Ovid completed high school and briefly attended college at Central Oklahoma State College.
Ovid enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 22, 1938. After completing boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he received his first assignment to the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Ovid was promoted to Private First Class in August 1939. He served in Nevada until December, when orders came through for him to proceed to Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. At his new posting, Campbell served as a "prison chaser" (guard) at the post brig, and was promoted to corporal in October of 1940.
When the Fourth Marine Regiment arrived in the Philippines from Shanghai, China, to prepare the defense of the islands, Campbells' barracks detachment became the regiment's Third Battalion with Ovid becoming a NCO in Company K. The day after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor, they assaulted the Philippines.
The American and Philippine military forces fought bravely and caused the Japanese to expend a great deal of manpower and equipment to beat them. But, largely due to receiving no support from outside of the Philippines, the Allied forces lost Manila, Bataan and Cavite. After their evacuation from Olongapo in Zambales, close to the Subic Bay Naval Base on December 26th, the Fourth Marine Regiment, under the command of Col. Samuel L. Howard, became the primary fighting unit on the island. Corregidor's Army garrison received the largest group of reinforcements right after the fall of Bataan, with some 72 officers and 1,173 enlisted men from more than fifty different units and were integrated and assigned to the Fourth Marines. Few of the reinforcements were trained or equipped for ground combat. By April 30, 1942, the Fourth Marines had four battalions and actually numbered 229 officers and 3,770 men, of whom only 1,500 were Marines with the rest being Army troops and sailors; one of those Marines was Ovid Campbell.
Corporal Ovid Campbell was killed in action on May 6, 1942, when the Japanese overran Corregidor and the U.S. forces surrendered. How he died and what happened to his remains are unknown.
At the time of his death, Ovid's parents were living at Box 878, Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.
Corporal Ovid Walter Campbell, Sn# 275590, earned the following badges/decorations during his career in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (not in order of precedence):
- Purple Heart Medal (Posthumously)
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- American Defense Medal with Base Clasp
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Campaign Medal with one bronze battle/campaign star
- World War II Victory Medal
- U.S. Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Philippine Defense Medal with bronze campaign star
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
- Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Badge
- Marine Corps Basic Qualification Badge with bar(s)
**NOTE** - A portion of this bio is based on information from the website missingmarines.com. They have done a fantastic job of researching approximately 3000 US Marines whose bodies were lost in the war. This writer wholeheartedly recommends their site for researchers or families of the missing. - Rick Lawrence, MSgt., USMC/USAFR {RET})
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