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EMANUEL FRANK DRUMMOND JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1941 – September 23, 1966
Service recordEmanuel Frank Drummond JR, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 11E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Fernandina Beach, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 2
- DAVID ROSS AIKENPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- ROBERT WILTON GARTH JRCaptain · September 23, 1966
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- SALVATORE GUARINOSergeant · September 23, 1966
From Fernandina Beach
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · May 19, 1967
- JAMES BERNARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- WILLIAM THORNTON POCHERCorporal · July 29, 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.