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HENRY TONY RAVA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordHenry Tony Rava, of Mt Angel, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Angel, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 31
- NIXON DEWAYNE PIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL VERNON BLUDWORTHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DEAN WALTER BORROUSCHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY COGGINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ENGLISH ASH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 28
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 29
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 30
From Mt Angel
- LLOYD FRANCIS WALKERMajor · January 31, 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.