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JAMES STEVENS DRAVIS JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 30, 1942 – August 2, 1969
Service recordJames Stevens Dravis JR, of Mineral Point, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 86
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 201 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Mineral Point, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 86
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- HAL KENT HENDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1969
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.