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FELIX SOSA-CAMEJO
Captain · U.S. Army
July 29, 1940 – February 13, 1968
Service recordFelix Sosa-Camejo, of Miami, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 26
- LESTER EDWARD SMART JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- JESSE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- KELLYNN VAL SNOWPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WAYNE JOHN SPARESergeant · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN DELANO R HATTONSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 21
- ROBERT CHARLES MAURICEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 23
- JESSE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 26
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.