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CPT Harry Griffith Cramer Jr.

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CPT Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
21 Oct 1957 (aged 31)
Vietnam
Burial
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3985596, Longitude: -73.9679413
Plot
Section VII Row G Grave 316
Memorial ID
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In 1930 he and his parents and a servant, 18-year-old France Eggia, lived in a house they owned at 122 Second Avenue in Westmont, PA. Their home was valued at $11,000, and they did have a radio. His father worked as a life insurance agent.

In 1940 he and his parents lived in a house they were renting for $75 a month at 321 Luzerne Street in Westmont. His father worked as a salesman for an insurance company, with an income in 1939 of $3500 for 52 weeks of work.

Military Figure. First United States military casualty in Vietnam, Southeast Asia. Name added to Vietnam Memorial in November 1983, one year after it was dedicated.
In 1930 he and his parents and a servant, 18-year-old France Eggia, lived in a house they owned at 122 Second Avenue in Westmont, PA. Their home was valued at $11,000, and they did have a radio. His father worked as a life insurance agent.

In 1940 he and his parents lived in a house they were renting for $75 a month at 321 Luzerne Street in Westmont. His father worked as a salesman for an insurance company, with an income in 1939 of $3500 for 52 weeks of work.

Military Figure. First United States military casualty in Vietnam, Southeast Asia. Name added to Vietnam Memorial in November 1983, one year after it was dedicated.

Bio by: GLA3



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  • Originally Created by: GLA3
  • Added: Apr 5, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8602977/harry_griffith-cramer: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. (24 May 1926–21 Oct 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8602977, citing United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.