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ISAAC RAY DRAUGHON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1948 – July 13, 1968
Service recordIsaac Ray Draughon, of Dunn, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dunn, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 22
- RONALD RAY COECorporal · July 13, 1968
- ROBERT CREECH JRSergeant First Class · July 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
From Dunn
- ROY RONALD LEESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- LONNIE EARL MCNEILLPrivate · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · March 5, 1968
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BYRDPrivate · April 2, 1970
- DENNING CICERO JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1975
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.