Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: USA (Korea)

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Cameron Edward “Camie” Ohnmeiss
Birth 3 Sep 1932
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 6 Jan 1994 (aged 61)
Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Fort Huachuca Cemetery
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Plot Section 11, Plot 169
Memorial ID 6395847 · View Source

Memorial
Photos 6
Flowers 22

Cameron was the son of Raymond Franklin Ohnmeiss and Hilda Marie Calve
t. He attended Curtin Junior High School and Williamsport High School
, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. In 1951 he enlisted in the US Army an
d participated in the Korean War. He was later stationed at Aberdeen P
oving Ground, Harford county, Maryland. And then in the Summer of 196
4, at the age of 31, Cameron, his wife and 3 sons arrived at Fort Huac
huca, Cochise county, Arizona. They moved into a small, 1-story, 3 be
d room, concrete-block, house at 105 Nickles Avenue. In December 196
6 his daughter was born at Raymond W. Bliss Army Hospital. Cameron wa
s Chief Instructor Supervisor of the Airborne Sensors Department, Comb
at Surveillance School. While at Fort Huachuca he rented several garde
plots at the army post and grew vegetables. Besides gardening, campi
g was one of his hobbies. He retired from the US Army in July 1970, a
s a Sergeant Major (E9), after 20 years service. During his military c
areer, he was awarded the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Servic
e Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Aircraft Crewman Badge and the Meritoriou
s Service Medal. After retirement, he returned to his hometown of Will
iamsport. In 1973, he returned to Arizona and resided in Sierra Vista
. Cameron later worked as a civil service employee at Davis Monthan Ai
Force base in Tucson, Arizona. He also owned a landscaping busines
s and a mobile home repair company in Sierra Vista. During the latte
part of his life he did a little farming in Hereford, Arizona. He di
ed in his sleep early in the morning. The cause of death was classifie
d as: cardiac arrest. Flu was a contributing factor. He was 61 years
, 4 months, 3 days old


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Cameron married Debbie Misae KANEKO on 18 May 1956 in Kyushu, Japan . Debbie was born on 15 Nov 1932 in Yobuku, Saga-Ken, Kyushu, Japan; died on 17 Aug 2009 in Sierra Vista, Cochise, Arizona; was buried in Fort Huachuca Cemetery - Sierra Vista. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]