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VICTOR BYRON CAMBAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – June 26, 1970
Service recordVictor Byron Cambas, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CARIVEAUPetty Officer Second Class · June 26, 1970
- JERRY DEWAYNE CARVERSergeant · June 26, 1970
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HALQUA DALE CLIBURNStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 94
- JOHN ANGEL GARZACorporal · Panel 9W, Line 94
- RODNEY LEE KOERNERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 96
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.