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HENRY LEE CRAMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1935 – August 3, 1966
Service recordHenry Lee Cramer, of Prineville, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Prineville, Oregon (Crook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 102
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- LARRY ELZA VAN CLINTONCorporal · August 3, 1966
- EDWARD TAUL CROOKSStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1966
From Prineville
- JAMES WILLIAM COXFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · November 27, 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.