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CLIFFORD EARL DRAHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – December 19, 1969
Service recordClifford Earl Draher, of Minerva, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Minerva, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 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
- CHARLES BERNARD DRAUT JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
From Minerva
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · March 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS LAUBACHERCorporal · May 14, 1969
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.