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JERRY BERNARD KRAFT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1945 – March 27, 1967
Service recordJerry Bernard Kraft, of Crestwood, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR
- Born
- April 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Crestwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 58
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- THOMAS WESLY MEEKPlatoon Sergeant · March 27, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
From Crestwood
- ROGER WILSON CHASTEENPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.