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DENNIS DALE KRAMER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1948 – May 18, 1967
Service recordDennis Dale Kramer, of Placerville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO BLT 1/3
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 31
- RICHARD LEON LANDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LEONARDO LEOSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JOHN W MCCORMICK JREnsign · May 18, 1967
From Placerville
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 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.