The Wall › Panel 16E › Maryland › William Ladd Campbell
WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – March 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ladd Campbell, of Silver Hill, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 8
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Silver Hill, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 8
- CLYDE JOSEPH CAIRESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM CURRANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN DISONCorporal · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 7
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 7
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 10
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 14
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 14
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.