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THOMAS ALLEN CAMPBELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1935 – July 10, 1970
Service recordThomas Allen Campbell, of York, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 6
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1935
- Home of record
- York, Alabama (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 6
- PATRICK JOHN BOHANPrivate First Class · July 10, 1970
- JOHNNY RAY COBBStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE OLDHAMSergeant · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE OLDHAMSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 6
- DENNIS KEITH MARTINSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 8
From York
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.