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RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Michael Campbell, of Piedmont, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Piedmont, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 20
- ROGER CARL HENRY ACKERMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP LEE CULVERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 24
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 26
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 27
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
From Piedmont
- LARRY FLEMING JRCorporal · January 17, 1966
- TERRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
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.