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LUIS HECTOR CAMPOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – September 27, 1971
Service recordLuis Hector Campos, of Meadow, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Meadow, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 27
- CHARLES WAYNE TURBERVILLESergeant · September 26, 1971
- HERBERT ELBRIDGE ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · September 27, 1971
- JAMES FRANKLIN BISHOPPrivate · September 27, 1971
- RANDALL KELVIN CLEMENTSSergeant · September 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 28
- JOHN JULLIANO KINTAROCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 28
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 28
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.