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ROBERT MERRILL CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1948 – January 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Merrill Campbell, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34W, Line 91
- JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JRSergeant · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- WALLACE THOMAS CORBITTCorporal · January 27, 1969
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.