Grave of F1C Harry Wellington Kramer of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He was killed while serving aboard the USS California on December 7, 1941. He was interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Author, educator, Historian, & content creator

John E. Kinville is Chippewa Falls-based author, educator, historian, and content creator. He is a social studies teacher at Chippewa Falls Senior High School, and founder of Flags 4 the Fallen, a student-based educational organization designed to honor his school’s fallen soldiers.

He resides near Lake Wissota with his wife, three children, and four cats.

Academic Credentials:

Diploma - Chippewa Falls Senior High School

BA - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

MA - University of Wisconsin-River Falls

2025 Recipient - UWEC’s Distinguished Alumni Award

CAPTION - Grave of Harry Wellington Kramer. A victim of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he was interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.