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COYTE DAVID CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1941 – April 28, 1968
Service recordCoyte David Campbell, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 52E, Line 34
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- JOSEPH CHESTER BORSLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN BARBERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 33
- DAVID THOMAS BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- BILLY KEITH FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 39
- EDGAR DEWITT PAGESpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 42
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 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.