George Alexander Campbell was born on December 31, 1869 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sometime between 1877 and 1881 George moved to Woburn, Ma. with his family. He enlisted in the 12th U.S. Infantry in 1889 to fight out west in the Sioux Indian Campaign. He served for twenty-two years and in six wars. He served out West, then in the Philippines, and Cuba, then China during the Boxer Rebellion. He then went to the Mexican Border fighting the armies of Pancho Villa. He was instrumental in capturing the notorious Moro leader Faustino Alban. He then went back to the Philippines until he retired in 1908. In 1917 WW1 broke out and George wanted back in. At the age of 48 he was well over the age limit, but managed to get a commission and went in. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Captain in Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action but declared "Missing" on October 4, 1918 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. Among his many decorations was the Distinguished Service Cross. The American Legion Post number 101 in George Campbell's hometown of Woburn, Ma. is named for him and a street was also renamed for him. A veteran square was later dedicated to him. He also has a cenotaph in Calvary Cemetery, Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
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