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WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 10, 1931 – January 29, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Campbell, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 29, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS UBON AB
- Born
- May 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 29, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 12
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAKERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- LANNY WILSON BANTASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- CHARLES DORIAN BULLARDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 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.