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MELVIN CAMPFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordMelvin Campfield, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 15
- RICHARD CLARK ABBATECorporal · May 18, 1968
- DAVID MELVIN BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS BURTONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- MARK JERALD CARTERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.