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FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 1, 1947 – January 20, 1967
Service recordFrancis Edward Camden JR, of Wheaton, Maryland, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 20, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 55
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 55
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MURLIN EUGENE BOONConstructionman · January 20, 1967
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
From Wheaton
- DAVID MELDRUM HARTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE GARDNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE WEISMANSergeant · April 28, 1971
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.