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JAMES WALLACE CRAMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordJames Wallace Cramer, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT CARTERCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY ALAN KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 31
- LARRY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
From Camp Hill
- JEFFREY JAY DAVIDLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- PAUL VINCENT MCHENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · August 4, 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.