RAVENCRAFT, JAMES ALVIN

02/03/69 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 03/26/75

Name: James Alvin Ravencraft
Branch/Rank: United States Army /E3
Unit:  Company E, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment
Date of Birth: 20 February 1945
Home City of Record: CLARINGTON OH
Date of Loss: 18 June 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 95331 North  1054922 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: GROUND
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020

REMARKS: 02/03/69 REMAINS RECOVERED  ID'd 03/26/75

CACCF PHONG DINH
                      
No further information available at this time.
 

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SSG JAMES ALVIN RAVENCRAFT

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On March 26, 1975, the Central Identification Laboratory-Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant James Alvin Ravencraft, missing from the Vietnam War.

Staff Sergeant Ravencraft joined the U.S. Army from Ohio and served with Company E, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment. On June 18, 1968, he was a member of a reconnaissance patrol that came under enemy attack near Phong Ding, Vietnam. Staff Sergeant Ravencraft was killed in the attack, and his remains could not be recovered at the time. In 1975, search teams returned to the area and recovered SSG Ravencraft's remains, which were then transferred to CILT for identification.

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