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STEVE LEWIS CAMBY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1941 – February 12, 1967
Service recordSteve Lewis Camby, of Spindale, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 18
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- February 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Spindale, North Carolina (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 18
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- MORRIS EUGENE BURNSSergeant · February 12, 1967
- ALLEN LEROY BUTLERCorporal · February 12, 1967
- PAUL VICTOR CARLSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 12, 1967
From Spindale
- MICHAEL RAY SMITHLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
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.