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JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – September 28, 1969
Service recordJames Clyde Campbell, of Raeford, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Raeford, North Carolina (Hoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 14
- FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINESergeant · September 28, 1969
- LEONARD OLGUIN CAAMANOFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
- LESTER CHARLES COOKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DUANE CARL SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARDSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 15
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 16
From Raeford
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- SAM DIXON WARLICKSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE FLOYDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD NUGENT JRSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- ROBERT EARL DEWSergeant · August 30, 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.