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RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – May 12, 1970
Service recordRonald Edward Campbell, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 22
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · May 12, 1970
- EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY IIIStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 21
- ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 23
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 25
- LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 29
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
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.