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BOBBY WAITS CAMERON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – May 6, 1967
Service recordBobby Waits Cameron, of Hayden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 48
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Hayden, Alabama (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 48
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1967
- MARVIN CHARLES ELLERBROCKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD HATTENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 48
- THOMAS GARRET FANNINGSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 49
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.