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MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – August 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Clyde Kamph, of Newberg, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Newberg, Oregon (Yamhill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 52
- JOHN ACE JENSENCorporal · August 27, 1967
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM OLIVER JONESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WAYNE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 49
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 50
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 51
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 51
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 52
- JESSE LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
From Newberg
- WILLIAM WALLACE NEWTONChief Petty Officer · February 17, 1960
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- EDWARD HARVEY JOHNSONColonel · December 21, 1972
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.