The Wall › Panel 12E › Ohio › Donald Eugene Kramer
DONALD EUGENE KRAMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1944 – October 28, 1966
Service recordDonald Eugene Kramer, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 42
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 42
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JERRY LEE HAPPELPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- CLABE HERALD JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
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.