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AUSTIN LEON DRUMMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1943 – May 21, 1966
Service recordAustin Leon Drummond, of Greer, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Greer, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 88
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · May 19, 1966
- WILLIAM REGINAL SUTHERLINPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- RICHARD ALFRED UNGERECHTCorporal · May 19, 1966
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- CLINTON RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 89
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 93
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 94
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 94
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 95
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 96
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 97
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 98
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 99
- A V SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 99
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- LONNIE CLIFFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
From Greer
- FRANKLIN DELANO WATERSTechnical Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ALLAN GEORGE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
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.