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CLANCY GEORGE DRAKE
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1931 – December 9, 1965
Service recordClancy George Drake, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 4
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH REILLYMajor · December 9, 1965
From Kirkland
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 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.