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BRIAN EUGENE CAMPBELL
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 20, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordBrian Eugene Campbell, of Byron, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Byron, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 1
- CHESTER BRISCOE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD BUTLER JRCorporal · May 25, 1968
- CHARLES BYRDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · May 25, 1968
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.