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DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 3, 1945 – March 20, 1966
Service recordDavid Lawrence Drake JR, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 24
- WILLIAM EUGENE CANNONCorporal · March 20, 1966
- DENNIS DEAN FERGUSONCaptain · March 20, 1966
- THEODORE LAUER FISCHERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- DAVID FLORESSergeant · March 20, 1966
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.