HONORED ON PANEL 33W, LINE 12 OF THE WALL
WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
WALL NAME
WILLIAM E CAMPBELL
PANEL / LINE
33W/12
DATE OF BIRTH
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DATE OF CASUALTY
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
POSTED ON 2.2.1999
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF A FINE USAF PILOT WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
MAJOR
WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
AND
CAPTAIN
ROBERT EDWIN HOLTON
WERE ASSIGNED A COMBAT MISSION
OVER LAOS ON JANUARY 29, 1969.
MAJOR CAMPBELL WAS THE PILOT AND
CAPTAIN HOLTON WAS BOMBARDIER / NAVIGATOR.
THEIR MISSION WAS TO TAKE THEM OVER
THE MU GIA PASS AREA OF LAOS.
DURING THE MISSION THE AIRCRAFT
WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND CRASHED.
BOTH PILOTS WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN
AND WERE OFFICIALLY LISTED AS
MISSING IN ACTION.
WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO
COLONEL
I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
I HAVE FINISHED THE COURSE
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR WILL YOU EVER BE
WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
AND
CAPTAIN
ROBERT EDWIN HOLTON
WERE ASSIGNED A COMBAT MISSION
OVER LAOS ON JANUARY 29, 1969.
MAJOR CAMPBELL WAS THE PILOT AND
CAPTAIN HOLTON WAS BOMBARDIER / NAVIGATOR.
THEIR MISSION WAS TO TAKE THEM OVER
THE MU GIA PASS AREA OF LAOS.
DURING THE MISSION THE AIRCRAFT
WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND CRASHED.
BOTH PILOTS WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN
AND WERE OFFICIALLY LISTED AS
MISSING IN ACTION.
WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELL
WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO
COLONEL
I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
I HAVE FINISHED THE COURSE
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR WILL YOU EVER BE
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