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ALBERT L CAMPFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordAlbert L Campfield, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 14
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 14
- EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIACorporal · Panel 35E, Line 16
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 18
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 18
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.