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RONALD CALVIN KRAUS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1933 – August 12, 1965
Service recordRonald Calvin Kraus, of Grand View, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Officer (0130)
- Born
- October 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Grand View, Indiana (Spencer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 51
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- ROBERT HOWARD FUELLHARTCaptain · August 12, 1965
- GEORGE ABRAHAM DELUCAMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
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.