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THOMAS A MRAVAK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1942 – February 3, 1971
Service recordThomas A Mravak, of Ossining, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 3, 1971, in Thailand, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Ossining, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 75
- LUTHER NETTLES BAGNAL IIICorporal · February 3, 1971
- MARTIN JAMES BURNSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1971
- MILFRED RAY GREENSpecialist Four · February 3, 1971
- LENNART G LANGHORNEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LENNART G LANGHORNEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 75
From Ossining
- TIMOTHY JOHN MCCARTHYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1966
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- DAVID L WEEKSLieutenant Colonel · November 12, 1974
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.