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JAMES LEE KRAMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Kramer, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 33
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEE HARGRAVEStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 31
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 34
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 35
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 36
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 37
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 1967
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.