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BEDFORD LEE DRINNON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – January 3, 1972
Service recordBedford Lee Drinnon, of Hammon, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1972, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 94
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Hammon, Oklahoma (Roger Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1972; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS EARL TROTTERSergeant · December 31, 1971
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 1972
- ROBERT OLIVER BAKER JRCaptain · January 2, 1972
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.