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VIRGIL KING CAMERON
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 8, 1939 – July 29, 1966
Service recordVirgil King Cameron, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on July 29, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- May 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 29, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 85
- GALILEO FRED BOSSIOColonel · July 29, 1966
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- VINCENT AUGUSTUS CHIARELLOLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
From Mcallen
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.