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DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 16, 1949 – November 2, 1970
Service recordDouglas John Campbell, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 34
- THOMAS RICHARD BRADYPrivate First Class · November 2, 1970
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
- CARL DALTON COOPERSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 34
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 35
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 35
- JOHN THOMAS ORRICOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 35
- GEORGE HENRY ROGALLAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 36
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.