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MICHAEL CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1946 – October 14, 1965
Service recordMichael Campbell, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 123
- DUANE CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DAVID GRANT BROWNCorporal · October 14, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.