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EARLE AVON DRAKE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 23, 1938 – August 6, 1967
Service recordEarle Avon Drake, of Mill Valley, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Mill Valley, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 82
- EUGENE DOMINGUEZ RAMONLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- KENNETH LYLE SPITZERPrivate · August 5, 1967
- LANCE DUNHAM BRUNSONCorporal · August 6, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
From Mill Valley
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- RONALD DAVID MILESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK SHANNON JRSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.