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PARKER DRESSER CRAMER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1937 – May 6, 1963
Service recordParker Dresser Cramer, of Wantagh, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1963
- Age
- 26
- 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 May 6, 1963. In May 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 22
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
From Wantagh
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
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.