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WILLIAM L CAMPBELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1943 – January 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam L Campbell JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1970
- GALE W BUTCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM COPPERNOLLCaptain · January 8, 1970
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.