Donald James Cramer, Jr

The database page for Donald James Cramer, Jr

28 Apr 2001 Southwestern, class of '65 Classmate, friend, more than a name on the Wall. larrym@one.net

18 Jun 2004 More information about Donald Cramer and the 1/21st can be found on the 1/21st Arty site From a friend from Vietnam, Doug Marsh E-Mail will be forwarded by the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org

A Note from The Virtual Wall Twentyfour men died when a C-7A (tail number 63-9753) collided with a CH-47A (tail number 66-19041) near Camp Evans on 03 Oct 1968. The CH-47, from Company A, 228th ASHB, was on a regular shuttle run from LZ Nancy to Camp Evans, while the C-7A, from the 537th Tac Airlift Sqdn, had just taken off from Camp Evans. As the C-7A climbed through 1100 feet in an ascending right turn it hit the CH-47. The helicopter's rotor slashed through the C-7's cockpit, killing both pilots instantly. The C-7A then spiralled into the ground, killing all aboard - 4 Air Force crewman and 9 Army passengers. The CH-47 broke up in flight, with the main fuselage section dropping almost vertically to the ground, where it exploded and burned. Five crewmen and six passengers aboard the CH-47 died. All of the Army casualties were from the 1st Cavalry Division. The dead were Aboard C-7A 63-9753 Aircrew: CPT Wayne P. Bundy, Canandaigua, NY, 537th TAS 1LT Ralph Schiavone, Hicksville, NY, 537th TAS SSGT Donald G. Cleaver, Joplin, MO, 537th TAS SSGT James K. Connor, Princeton, WV, 537th TAS Passengers: SP5 Allen E. Gomes, Honolulu, HI, H&S Co, 13th Sig Bn SP5 David B. Perreault, Franklin, NH, H&S Co, 13th Sig Bn SP5 David A. Disrud, Duluth, MN, Det C, 27th Maint Bn SP5 Dale G. Granger, Minnetonka, MN, Det C, 27th Maint Bn SP4 Donald J. Cramer, Detroit, MI, HHB/1/21st Arty PFC Joe J. Hibbler, Hot Springs, AR, B/2/5th Cav SP4 Dennis A. Wirt, Sault Sainte Marie, MI, B/2/5th Cav SGT David J. Dellangelo, Negaunee, MI, B/1/8th Cav PFC Robert D. Tomlinson, San Leandro, CA, B/1/8th Cav Aboard CH-47A 66-19041 Aircrew: CWO Thomas E. Johnson, Canton, OH, A/228th ASHB WO Ronald L. Conroy, Topeka, KS, A/228th ASHB SP5 Jerry L. Pierce, Spokane, WA, A/228th ASHB SP4 Larry L. Costley, Midland, MI, A/228th ASHB SP4 Dennis D. Reese, Henderson, NV, A/228th ASHB Passengers: PFC John W. Lucier, Milford, MI, 15th Admin Co CPT Thomas E. Alderson, Grand Forks, ND, 56th Med Co SSG William R. Young, Decatur, IL, Div HQ, 1 Cav Div SFC Dawson Clements, Glenwood, GA, HHC/1/8th Cav SP4 Michael D. See, Houston, TX, 228th ASHB SSG Charles J. Wallace, North Las Vegas, NV, A/228th ASHB

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a friend and classmate. larrym@one.net  28 Apr 2001

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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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