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JOHN JAMES CRAVEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 9, 1946 – March 5, 1970
Service recordJohn James Cravey, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 84
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 84
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- HECTOR LUIS CARABALLOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- RONALD DUANE CAREYSergeant · March 5, 1970
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.