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DONNY RAE CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1949 – August 30, 1968
Service recordDonny Rae Campbell, of Coats, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Coats, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 5
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
From Coats
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · July 12, 1969
- WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLISLieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1975
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.