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JOHN WAYNE CAMP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Wayne Camp, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 44
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- STEVEN DEAN CHURCHWARDLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 45
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 46
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 47
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 48
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 49
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.