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DREK ALLEN LANDES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1946 – March 13, 1968
Service recordDrek Allen Landes, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- March 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 38
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- EDILBERTO DULA MACAGBAPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1968
- LARRY JAY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH MOOREStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLEN HERBERT MOSLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 37
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.