Thomas KEITH Kamp

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Thomas Keith Kamp (US-024340380), Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action on 17 November 1969 while serving as a squad leader with Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, near Fire Support Base Jamie (Tay Ninh Province). When the point squad was taken under fire by an entrenched enemy platoon and several casualties resulted, Sergeant Kamp rushed forward into the contact area and began delivering a heavy volume of fire. Efforts to rescue the wounded were drawing enemy fire from a position to his front. Realizing the enemy position would have to be eliminated in order to extract the wounded, Sergeant Kamp assaulted the well fortified bunker, knocking it out with a fragmentation grenade. As he attempted to move back and help with the evacuation of the wounded, he was mortally wounded by enemy fire.