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Personal info

Full name
RAVENCRAFT, Henry Richard
Date of birth
12 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34231333
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 10 22

Immediate family

Members
Henry Ravencraft (father)
Ella (McGehee) Ravencraft (mother)
Adonia Ravencraft (sister)
Charles Ravencraft (brother)
Rubin Ravencraft (brother)
Robert Ravencraft (twin brother)

More information

Pvt Henry R. Ravencraft enlisted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 12 February 1942.

He attended high school for 1 year and was a carpenter before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier