From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
September 26, 1942
Notes
Lucy F. Mace was born in Louisville, KY, the daughter of Mamie K. Prince and Robert Mace. The family is enumerated in the 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Censuses. Lucy Mace was employed as a maid in 1940. She enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH in 1942, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases.
After her military service, she lived in Washington, D.C. with her husband Luther D. Campbell; she worked as a nurse. Lucy Florence Mace Campbell died in Arlington, VA and is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Hillcrest Heights, MD.
Sources - Ancestry: Kentucky Birth Index; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index; and Virginia Death Certificate, state file #90-034618, registration #106, certificate #1112.
After her military service, she lived in Washington, D.C. with her husband Luther D. Campbell; she worked as a nurse. Lucy Florence Mace Campbell died in Arlington, VA and is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Hillcrest Heights, MD.
Sources - Ancestry: Kentucky Birth Index; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index; and Virginia Death Certificate, state file #90-034618, registration #106, certificate #1112.
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“Campbell, Lucy Florence Mace,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 27, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/300004456.
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