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JEFFREY THOMPSON CRAMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Thompson Cramer, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 13
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 13
- CHARLES RANDELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- GUY ALLEN DAVISONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- DONALD LEE MCCLANAHANLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALAN SWOVELANDSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 24
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.