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HOWARD EARL CRAMBLET
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1943 – May 12, 1969
Service recordHoward Earl Cramblet, of Crescent City, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 65
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Crescent City, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 65
- ROBERT G CEVALLOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN HAROLD CRISPPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RONALD DELORENZOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE ROBERT SHEPARDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 84
From Crescent City
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 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.