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DONALD JOSEPH DRAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – November 28, 1968
Service recordDonald Joseph Drake, of Mt Union, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Union, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD BESTMANNSergeant · November 28, 1968
- THOMAS LAIRD BRATTAINMajor · November 28, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- KENNETH JOHNSONSergeant First Class · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY JOHN LACOSSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 82
- WALTER STUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 2
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 2
From Mt Union
- MALAKIA JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
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.