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PERCY LEROY CAMPBELL
Major · U.S. Army
January 10, 1917 – November 6, 1966
Service recordPercy Leroy Campbell, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Transportation Officer (0692)
- Born
- January 10, 1917
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 49
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 32
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BARNESStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1966
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.