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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Michael Cramer.

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ROBERT MICHAEL CRAMER

Major · U.S. Marine Corps

September 24, 1935 – January 8, 1968

Service record

Robert Michael Cramer, of Stoutland, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 33E · Line 81

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
Born
September 24, 1935
Home of record
Stoutland, Missouri (Camden County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 8, 1968
Age
32
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 33E, Line 81

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.