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GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1943 – January 31, 1966
Service recordGlenn Franklin Drake, of Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 122
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · January 31, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 122
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 124
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 125
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 126
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
From Roaring Spring
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · March 14, 1966
- JAMES OSCAR FEEMANPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · April 5, 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.