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DONALD WILLIAM DRAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1945 – December 31, 1966
Service recordDonald William Drake, of Newton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Newton, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 104
- DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate · December 31, 1966
- TERRY ALAN CARLSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
From Newton
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · February 23, 1969
- ARTHUR FOXWORTHSergeant First Class · October 28, 1969
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
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.