Allan B. Camp

SECOND LIEUTENANT ALLAN CAMP was born in 1916, the son of Frank and Mabel Camp, of Hopewell Township in Cumberland County NJ. By 1920 his father owned a farm there , and Allen Camp grew up on the farm, the third of four children. Besides Allen Camp, there were two older brothers,  Frank Jr. and Howard Camp, and a sister, Martha Camp Piper. Allan Camp graduated from Bridgeton (NJ) High School. Prior to entering the Army, he lived in New York, working as a bank clerk. He also was a member of the New York National Guard. He was activated in 1941.

Allan Camp qualified for flight duty once he had been activated. He served at Fort Stewart, and was commissioned at Williams Field, in Chandler AZ. He married Elizabeth Ames, at Glendale CA, on June 14, 1943, and they made their home briefly with her Aunt and Uncle, who had raised her, in Berlin NJ. Miss Ames was related to his brother-in-law. After a brief honeymoon, Allan Camp left for overseas.

Lieutenant Camp wrote from Australia on July 23, 1943 upon his arrival there. His last letter was dated August 15, 1943, and stated that he had entered the war zone. 

Second Lieutenant Camp was killed in action while serving with the United States Army Air Force in New Guinea. His commanding officer, Captain Frank Tompkins, wrote to the family. He was 26 years old, and was survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Camp, of 251 White Horse Pike, Berlin NJ, his brothers and sister, Mrs. Martha Piper, and his wife's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Harney J. & Carolyn Piper. Allan Camp was buried with full military honors in New Guinea. His death was reported in the October 2, 1943 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.