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JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1944 – January 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Russell Campbell, of Carbondale, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 58
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- DALE ELWYN COLLYERMaster Sergeant · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 57
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 59
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Carbondale
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 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.