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MAURICE PETER KRAEMER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – October 10, 1969
Service recordMaurice Peter Kraemer JR, of East Jordan, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 62
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- East Jordan, Michigan (Charlevoix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 62
- LELAND CRAIG JOHNSONAirman First Class · October 10, 1969
- LAVOYN AUGUSTUS JONESStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
- STANLEY GENE KREBSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL FLOYD THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 65
From East Jordan
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.