Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Leslie J. Campbell Jr.

Brigadier General, USAF

— Strategic Air Command —

Leslie J. Campbell Jr. Marker image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012

1. Leslie J. Campbell Jr. Marker

Brig Gen Leslie J. Campbell, Jr.
United States Air Force website entry
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Inscription. World War II • Korea • Vietnam
Enlisted in USAAF - 1943
Native of Great Bend

Distinguished Service Medal - Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross - Air Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Accommendation Medal
Army Accommendation Medal
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross/Air Force Cross Recipients, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Valor in Aerial Operations series lists.

Location. 38° 20.836′ N, 98° 50.99′ W. Memorial is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It is on 6th Street west of Airport Road/SW 40th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the B-29 Memorial Plaza at Great Bend Municipal Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Southern Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Crew 52 (here, next to this marker); Duke's Lead Crew (here, next to this marker); Great Bend AAF Ground Training Unit (here, next to this marker); Honey - V☐ 42

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(here, next to this marker); Pacific Queen Z-35 (here, next to this marker); Rover Boys Express (here, next to this marker); Welch's Wolves (here, next to this marker); Van Wingerden's Crew (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.

Regarding Leslie J. Campbell Jr.. "Accomendation" should read "Commendation"

Also see . . . The B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend KS. (Submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.