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JACKY LEE DRURY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – February 6, 1970
Service recordJacky Lee Drury, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 106
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
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 106
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
- WALTER HERBERT BUCKA JRStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1970
- RONALD JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM RONALD CULVERPrivate · February 6, 1970
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
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.