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JOHN DREW CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1945 – November 22, 1965
Service recordJohn Drew Campbell, of Pleasant Hill, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 107
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- THOMAS EVAN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
From Pleasant Hill
- DONALD WAYNE MCKEEPrivate First Class · March 24, 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.