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JAMES LUTHER CAMERON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJames Luther Cameron, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 99
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 99
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- FREDDIE PAUL CHAVEZLance Corporal · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JEFFERY CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- LEON COITSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 101
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 102
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 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.