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JOHN HOLMES CAMP JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 21, 1945 – September 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Holmes Camp JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOSEPH SAMUEL BURRIS IIIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · September 11, 1969
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS R MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 66
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.