Campbell, James Frank
Army Private 1st class

James Frank Campbell from Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis county.

Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Monday, November 27, 1950
Death details: On November 27, 1950, B Company of the U.S. Army’s 35th Infantry Regiment, an element of Task Force Dolvin/Wilson, was holding a hastily erected defensive position near the village of Tong-dong, North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked the company’s perimeter from two sides. After heavy fighting, the Chinese successfully infiltrated the American positions, forcing a withdrawal under heavy mortar and artillery fire. The U.S. troops pulled back to another position a mile farther south. Corporal James Frank Campbell entered the U.S. Army from Missouri and served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He went missing in action near Tadok-tong, North Korea, on November 27, 1950, during the withdrawal from Tong-dong, though circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. He was not identified among the remains returned to the U.S. following the ceasefire, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Campbell is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency