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DONALD MARTIN CRAMER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – January 5, 1971
Service recordDonald Martin Cramer, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 26
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 5, 1971
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEE BUTLERCorporal · January 5, 1971
- WINSTON BUTLER JRStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1971
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 26
- RONNIE VAGO ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 28
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.