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GERALD WAYNE CAMERON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1944 – June 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Cameron, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 117
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 117
- JOHN EDWARD BRAIDSergeant · June 23, 1969
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD CONDIT JRMajor · June 23, 1969
- JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.