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1945

PFC Louis W. Kram

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1944

PFC Wilbert M. Kramer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

1968

Private First Class Raymond Eugene Kramer

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Calvary Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 21

On 02-01-1968 at 4:30am, elements of the Viet Cong Army attacked Province Headquarters and the Engineer School at Phú Cường. The enemy quickly penetrated the Engineer School compound and seized control of the northern portion.

1967

Specialist 4 James Lee Kramer

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 15, 1967 / Age: 20

A member of the 4th Infantry Division, Army SP4 Kramer was killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam.

1945

Carrier Strike Group 2 Blazer W. Kramer

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 18, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the Asiatic Area

1945

Private First Class Hans E. Kramer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161 Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 28, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Southwest Pacific

1944

Private First Class Roland Kramer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 105th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 26

Died in service in Saipan; Not confirmed however family has understood that his unit was landed on the wrong beach in Saipan and the Japanese wiped out the entire unit before they even got to the beach.

1950

Private First Class Morrlyn Dwight Kranzler

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Provisional Marine Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marines

Date of Loss: August 17, 1950 / Age: 19

Pvt. Henry Kranzler

Lehr, ND

Wounded in action.

1944

PFC Ernest A. Krause

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1943

Technician 4th Grade Joseph "Joe" A. Krawczyk

Fried, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 13, 1943 / Age:

He went missing when he and 16 other individuals (+6 crew) boarded a C-47 on Guadalcanal for casualty evacuation to Efate Island, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) which vanished in route. Died while in MIA status.