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DANNY GEORGE DRINKARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1950 – April 20, 1971
Service recordDanny George Drinkard, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 135
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 135
- GEORGE JEFFERSON VANGUNDYCorporal · April 19, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR WALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
- JAMES MELVIN CARDWELLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- ALBERT FRANK COASTLieutenant Colonel · April 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MELVIN CARDWELLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 135
- JOSEPH LINDSEY HALLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 136
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.