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DAVID JAMES CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1950 – August 22, 1970
Service recordDavid James Campbell, of Wilmington, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 129
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Ohio (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 129
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALEX CHAVEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 131
From Wilmington
- RALPH HOWARD LIVESAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN FAULKNERCorporal · May 17, 1967
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · April 9, 1968
- DAVID LYNN ANDREWSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · April 29, 1971
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.