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DONALD CAMPBELL
Private · U.S. Army
April 4, 1946 – December 31, 1966
Service recordDonald Campbell, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 87 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 87 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 104
- TERRY ALAN CARLSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM DRAKEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 105
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.