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JACK CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1945 – September 29, 1966
Service recordJack Campbell, of Carterville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Carterville, Illinois (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 28
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- BENNY EARL WIMBERLYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JAMES MABRON HARGROVEMaster Sergeant · September 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 29
From Carterville
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1970
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.