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JOHN EDWARD CAMINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – June 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Camino, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 112
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
From Brownsville
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1967
- DENNY RAY EASTERCorporal · January 13, 1971
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.