Master Sergeant Cameron was the radar observer of a F7F-3N Tigercat fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On 16 May 1952, while on a combat mission of dropping napalm on enemy troops near Cheryeng, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 17 December 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Cameron was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.