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JACK CAMP
Captain · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – December 1, 1969
Service recordJack Camp, of Tolar, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 12
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Tolar, Texas (Hood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 12
- TIMOTHY EUGENE ACHISONLance Corporal · December 1, 1969
- ROBERT RAYMOND BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1969
- JAMES LAFAYETTE CLARKSONSergeant · December 1, 1969
- GEORGE BURTON COLGAN IIICaptain · December 1, 1969
From Tolar
- WILLIAM LESLIE BROOKSColonel · April 22, 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.