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DAREN LEE DRINSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordDaren Lee Drinski, of Lowell, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 98
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Lowell, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 98
- CLEMENT ARTHUR DUPUISLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN FLOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- RAMIRO MEDINA GONZALEZSergeant · March 31, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
From Lowell
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- DAVID LEE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1969
- KENNETH REED MCDANIELCorporal · August 13, 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.