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WILLIAM HENRY CAMPBELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 26, 1930 – March 21, 1965
Service recordWilliam Henry Campbell, of Piedmont, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1965, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 96
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Piedmont, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 96
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- LOUIE SNYDER PARHAMCorporal · March 16, 1965
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
From Piedmont
- TERRANCE DUANE MARPLESpecialist Four · July 28, 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.