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RALPH MILTON HAVNAER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 15, 1944 – June 25, 1968
Service recordRalph Milton Havnaer, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 35
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 55W, Line 35
- JEROME GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT GREGORY HENRYPrivate · June 25, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55W, Line 32
- JOSEPH GEORGE P CATOIR JRSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 33
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DELLSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 33
- DAVID R HOFFMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55W, Line 34
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · Panel 55W, Line 35
- HENRY LINDSAY PAGE IIISpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 36
- ROBERT POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 37
- ARVI ROHTVALIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55W, Line 37
- CHARLES CARROLL SALESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 38
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55W, Line 38
- WAYNE MICHAEL SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 39
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.