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ROBERT CHARLES CAMERON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Cameron, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 17
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- JACKIE COOTSSergeant · June 26, 1969
- GUILLERMO DAVILA JRLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 17
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 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.