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CONNIE MACK GRAVITTE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 12, 1933 – June 17, 1966
Service recordConnie Mack Gravitte, of Ca-Vel, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 391 TFG SQ
- Born
- July 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Ca-Vel, North Carolina (Person County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 56
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES EVANSPrivate · June 17, 1966
- LEON D FLANDERSFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
From Ca-Vel
- BAXTER HARRISON ELLISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
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.