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MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1942 – April 26, 1968
Service recordMichael Frances Campbell served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1942
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 15
- RUSSELL DAVID BURGESSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS J CARROLLCorporal · April 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL BUSTER CLARKPrivate · April 26, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DEWAYNE BOYETTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 14
- DAVID ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 14
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 17
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 17
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 20
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 23
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- RAYMOND JULIUS SMITHSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 24
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 26
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.