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HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 24, 1926 – October 21, 1957
Service recordHarry Griffith Cramer, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1957, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 24, 1926
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1957
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1957; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1957, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 78
- ROY ELSWORTH CONGLETONMajor · December 21, 1964
- JOE PARKSSergeant First Class · December 22, 1964
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- JAMES ROBERT HAGENLieutenant Colonel · December 24, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
From Johnstown
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.