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BILLY WAYNE CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordBilly Wayne Campbell, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY GRP 24 GRP
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 35
- EARLE JOHN BEMISSecond Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- DAVID ALLAN BRACKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- CARL THOMAS CAHILLFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- BERTRAM ANTHONY CARRSergeant · June 1, 1969
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.