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RICHARD CRAIG BRAM
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1935 – July 8, 1965
Service recordRichard Craig Bram, of Cleves, Ohio, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 8, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
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
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- November 25, 1935
- Home of record
- Cleves, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 8, 1965
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · July 8, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- JACK ORVAL EITELFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
From Cleves
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL LYN CHASECorporal · June 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.