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REED EARL CAMPBELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – December 13, 1969
Service recordReed Earl Campbell, of Slaterville, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Slaterville, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 52
- DONALD ARTHUR MARTINLance Corporal · December 12, 1969
- CHARLES BERNARD MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE GUSTAVE REMUTHPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
- OTTAWAY LARSON WILLIAMSSergeant · December 12, 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.