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CHARLES BERNARD DRAUT JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Bernard Draut JR, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 71
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 71
- ROY DOUGLAS BASSETT JRSergeant · December 19, 1969
- CLYDE ROBERT CARRICOSergeant · December 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR COOPERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL DRAHERCorporal · December 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAGNER FRANK IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 72
- MACEY LEE RUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 72
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.