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THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1945 – June 24, 1965
Service recordThomas Charles Vancampen, of Oroville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 17
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
From Oroville
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 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.