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DONALD PAUL KREMER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordDonald Paul Kremer, of Aurora, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 23
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)
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 23
- RICHARD ELI LATIMER JRFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- CLARANCE LEE LOVELance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- DUNCAN B MCINTYRECaptain · December 2, 1968
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.