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JOHN DEWITT DRAKE
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 15, 1951 – October 20, 1970
Service recordJohn Dewitt Drake, of Stockton, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 20, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- September 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 12
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1970
- LARRY WYATT KILGORECorporal · October 20, 1970
- VINCENT R KOTARSKI JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.