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EUGENE MICHAEL CAMPION
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1942 – February 13, 1968
Service recordEugene Michael Campion, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Quang Duc Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 18
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 19
- GARY CRAIG PORTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 24
- AARON HENRY REIGLESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 24
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.