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GREGORIO MENO CAMACHO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1931 – September 26, 1968
Service recordGregorio Meno Camacho, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 19
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LARRY LAMAR LOWERLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DALE ALAN LUSTERCaptain · September 26, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 16
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.