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JOSE BALLENTINE CAMPOS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
February 25, 1945 – January 14, 1969
Service recordJose Ballentine Campos, of Seguin, Texas, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 88
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boilerman (BT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Seguin, Texas (Guadalupe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 88
- EMIL E BOADOMajor · January 14, 1969
- DONALD EARL COLLIERPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM DUDLEYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALDEN LANDSeaman · Panel 34W, Line 2
From Seguin
- FELIPE DURAN CAMARILLOStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM GACHESSpecialist Five · May 24, 1972
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.