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JEAN MASON KRAUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1943 – August 5, 1970
Service recordJean Mason Kraus, of Gorin, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 86
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Gorin, Missouri (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 86
- ANGELO GENTRY LARRAGASpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACHStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1970
- MARGARITO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL LEVI DICKSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 84
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 85
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 85
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · Panel 8W, Line 87
- GARY GLEN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 87
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.