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JOHN JOSEPH CAMPA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – July 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Campa, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 97
- JOHN LOUIS ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- JOSE CASTILLOSergeant · July 21, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 96
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 100
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 101
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 102
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 104
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 104
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 104
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.