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ROBERT JOHN CAMPBELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordRobert John Campbell, of Burbank, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 20
- RONALD F CHRISTIANSONLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- GEORGE COLUNGAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- PAUL DONALD COOKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DONALD COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 20
- ARLIN WAYNE KOEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 30W, Line 32
- BRUCE WAYNE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 32
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.