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ROBERT JOHN CAMERON
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 4, 1930 – January 28, 1969
Service recordRobert John Cameron, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD COLEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE COWARTSergeant · January 28, 1969
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.