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MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1945 – March 26, 1968
Service recordMichael William Campos, of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 30
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Burgettstown, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE BUTLERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LAVERN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 28
- LAWRENCE SKLODOSKISpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 34
- RALPH SIBLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 41
From Burgettstown
- LOUIS JAMES ORISONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MELNYK JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD LEE WINDSHEIMERCorporal · July 30, 1969
- FLOYD STEPHEN GIEBELLSergeant · October 31, 1969
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.