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THOMAS LLOYD CRAVENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1950 – May 6, 1970
Service recordThomas Lloyd Cravens, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 110
- GREGORY ANTON CHAVEZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT ANTHONY DENTONStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.