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Bernard "Ben" Francis Kampa
Jeremy Anderson2020-08-14T14:30:07-05:00
- Name: Bernard "Ben" Francis Kampa
- Location of Birth: Marble, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: September 16, 1920
- Date of Death: March 31, 2009
- Parents: Edward Kampa & Margaret (Sullivan) Kampa
- High School and Class: 1938 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
- College:
- Highest Rank: MSGT (Master Sergeant)
- Branch: Army
- Other Branch:
- Date Sworn In: 1941
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- Date of Discharge:
- Place of Discharge:
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- Military Highlights:
WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Bernard Francis Kampa
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: September 16, 1920
Birth Place: Marble, Minnesota
Residence Place: Marble, Itasca, Minnesota
Registration Date: February 16, 1942
Employer: L. A. Rossman, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Weight: 170
Height: 5-10
Complexion: Light brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Martin Halverson
- Wars Involved:
World War II
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Ben Kampa married Katherine Halverson in 1943. He returned to Grand Rapids after the war and worked as a printer for the Grand Rapids Herald-Review. The family moved to the Lewiston, Idaho area in 1951 where he was employed with the Lewiston Morning Tribune as a printer, retiring in 1985 after 35 years. He enjoyed golfing and travel with his wife.
Ben died in Orofino, Idaho and is buried in Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho. He is survived by his wife, Katherine; his six children, Paige MacDonald, Jane Cooke, Joseph Kampa, Timothy Kampa, Midge Vivian, and Casey Meza; and twenty grandchildren.
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