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JOHNNIE ROGER CAMDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1950 – July 14, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Roger Camden, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAINCorporal · July 14, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.