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CARL WILSON DRAKE
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 6, 1933 – June 18, 1970
Service recordCarl Wilson Drake, of Roseville, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TFG SQ
- Born
- June 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Roseville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 65
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 1970
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGSPrivate · June 18, 1970
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
From Roseville
- DANNY ARNOLD BOLINLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 1971
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.