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JAMES DALE CAMP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJames Dale Camp, of Winterset, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 54
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Winterset, Iowa (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 54
- STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JOSEPH HAROLD BRUBAKER JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JIMMY OWEN CALLPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 54
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 54
- DAVID HOWZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 57
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 59
- WILLIAM ALLAN TENNANTSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 59
From Winterset
- CHARLES WILLIAM BASSMaster Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DON CLAIR HARRELLPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
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.