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ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Milton Cravens JR, of Olney, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Olney, Illinois (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD CUMBRYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ELLIOTT LEO DECORAPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JAMES CAROL DICKERSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 16, 1968
- ALEXANDER MARTIN SLUSSEARMajor · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROGERS ANDERSONCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 21
- ROBERT MILTON ARNOLD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 21
- DARREL EMERSON BARNHOUSESergeant · Panel 48W, Line 21
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 22
- DAVID RICHARD BOEVERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 22
- GARY DEAN BOWLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 23
- JOHN EDWARD CUMBRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 24
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 26
- OTIS LAMONT HARTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 26
- DAN DAVID HAYESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 26
- CHARLES DAVID SONNKALB JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 31
- JERRY LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 31
From Olney
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
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.