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KEVIN CLINTON KRAMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1950 – March 10, 1971
Service recordKevin Clinton Kramer, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 35
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · March 10, 1971
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
- RICHARD DANCY MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
- ROGER MELVIN PISACRETAChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1971
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.