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LUIS BARRON CAMPOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – April 13, 1968
Service recordLuis Barron Campos, of Bay City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 39
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
- Data Processing Equipment Operator (74A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Bay City, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 39
- AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIASpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD ERNEST CAWLEYHospitalman · April 13, 1968
From Bay City
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 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.