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LEON JOSEPH KRAMER
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1933 – January 31, 1963
Service recordLeon Joseph Kramer, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1933
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1963
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 17
- RICHARD EDWARD STEPHANChief Petty Officer · August 31, 1960
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- DONALD BONNEY TOTHCaptain · January 11, 1963
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
From Trenton
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 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.