James R. Campbell

James Robert Campbell

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA April 27, 1968

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
4th Infantry Division
20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Nov 05, 1947
From TRENTON, NEBRASKA
Length of service 1 year.
His tour of duty began on Aug 16, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 27, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds
GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Religion
METHODIST

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James Campbell was wounded in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay,
during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain, approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong.
He was evacuated to a military hospital in Vietnam where he died.

SP4 James R. Campbell's decorations

Left: the citation for the
Bronze Star Medal for Heroism
awarded to James R. Campbell.

The citation shows
SP4 Campbell
as being with D Company,
however, his service record
lists him as being assigned to
C Company.

James Campbell
in Vietnam

Photo courtesy of Fred Childs
Company C 1/22 Infantry 1967-1968

James Campbell

James Campbell was killed in action during the Battle for Chu Moor mountain.
The website is grateful to John McKee and Charlie "Doc" Shyab
for contributing the rubbings they took of all the names
of the 1st Battalion Killed In Action during the battle for Chu Moor.

Burial:
Trenton Cemetery
Trenton
Hitchcock County
Nebraska, USA
Plot: 36 F

Grave marker for James R. Campbell

Photo by Charlie Powers from the Find A Grave website

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