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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry Ray Campbell.

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JERRY RAY CAMPBELL

Private · U.S. Army

October 27, 1944 – June 28, 1965

Service record

Jerry Ray Campbell, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 21

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 (PVT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
October 27, 1944
Home of record
Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 28, 1965
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 21

Same unit, same day

From Graham

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.