Anthony C. Campbell Jr
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Age: 35
From: Florence, KY
Assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Incident: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr. died Dec. 15 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from the detonation of an improvised explosive device
Died: December 15, 2009
Flags to be lowered for Campbell
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff Dec. 22 in honor of an airman who died in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon says 35-year-old Tech Sgt. Anthony Campbell Jr. of Florence died Dec. 15 of wounds suffered when a bomb exploded in Helmand province. Campbell was assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Services for Campbell were to be held in Williamstown on Dec. 22.
Campbell transferred to the Air Force Reserve in early 2008 after serving with the Kentucky Air National Guard.
Reservist served on Cincinnati police force
The Associated Press
Anthony “Tony” Campbell loved life, his wife and his children, friends and family said — and even got to hear his 2-year-old son, Ryker, count to 10 during their last...