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THOMAS EUGENE CAMPBELL
Captain · U.S. Army
November 1, 1944 – October 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Campbell, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 126
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 126
- GARY ALLEN BESTSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · October 28, 1969
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · October 28, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 1
- JOHN PAUL WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 1
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 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.