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HARRY M RAVENNA III
Major · U.S. Army
September 29, 1937 – November 15, 1966
Service recordHarry M Ravenna III, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 15, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 72
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 138 AVN CO
- Born
- September 29, 1937
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 15, 1966
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1966, 641 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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 72
- REXIE LEO ARMESSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- WILLY SCOTT BAKERChief Petty Officer · November 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM BRUHNWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1966
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.