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CLARENCE EARL DRAKES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – September 4, 1967
Service recordClarence Earl Drakes, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 97
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 94
- EARL RUSSELL COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 96
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 97
- ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 100
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 111
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 112
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.