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LARRY PAUL CAMPOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1947 – December 3, 1966
Service recordLarry Paul Campos, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 8
- JACK WEAVERStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- MARVIN RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
- LOWELL EUGENE HARMSFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1966
- EPHRIAM HENRY JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.