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DAVID ORVILLE KAMP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Orville Kamp, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 80
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- SHELLIE JEAN REEDLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
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.