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JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJames Clyde Kraynak, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 44
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 44
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRED EMERY LANDSergeant · August 18, 1968
- LARRY JOHN LAPOINTSergeant · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 40
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 43
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 48
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 50
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
From Connellsville
- MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENERAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
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.