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WILLIAM H CAMPBELL III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1945 – December 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam H Campbell III, of Burlington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Burlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 62
- JOSEPH THAXTER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 26, 1967
- TOMMY LEON DANIELSLance Corporal · December 26, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN ELLISPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · Panel 32E, Line 61
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 63
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 65
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 65
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 66
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Burlington
- RICHARD K HARPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1965
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
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.