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THOMAS KEITH KAMP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1944 – November 17, 1969
Service recordThomas Keith Kamp, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Longmeadow, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 88
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GRAVESPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- RICHARD HERSHEL GREENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DANIEL LESTER HARTLance Corporal · November 17, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH JUNGASergeant · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 87
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 90
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
From Longmeadow
- JOHN AULDE SICKEL IIISpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
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.