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THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1945 – June 5, 1966
Service recordThomett Darthan Campbell, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 10
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- BILLY EDWIN GIPSONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN PETER GUERINStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS WARREN HOGGELance Corporal · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 10
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 13
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.