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ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – May 4, 1968
Service recordArthur Theodore Kramer JR, of Burlington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 36
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KRALOWSKISpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · May 4, 1968
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Burlington
- JOHN WAYNE MALAPELLIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1965
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
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.