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CLYDE WILLIAM CAMPBELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1944 – March 1, 1969
Service recordClyde William Campbell, of Longview, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 1, 1969, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 SOP SQ
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 99
- CALVIN EUGENE ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL DEAN BRUCEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- THOMAS LEE BURTONFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 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.