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Jack Campbell
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV Army of the United States Carterville, Illinois September 30, 1945 to September 29, 1966 JACK CAMPBELL is on the Wall at Panel 11E, Line 28 |
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Photo of Jack Campbell prior to his Vietnam service. It may have been taken after basic training as he is not wearing his PFC stripes or his basic ribbons. He started his tour in Vietnam on August 30, 1966. He left for Vietnam sometime after the 30th and was killed in action less than 30 days later.
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Military records show that two men were killed during a contact with the North Vietnamese from small arms fire and a hand grenade exploding. They were:
PFC Jack Campbell died from metal fragment wounds to left side of the body and SFC Cristobal Melendez died of gunshot wounds to the chests and metal fragment wound to
the left leg.
Jack Campbell was buried in Herrin, Illinois on Saturday, October 8, 1966.
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