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JOHN PETER DRAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – July 21, 1964
Service recordJohn Peter Drake, of Westport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Westport, New York (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1964
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 59
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
From Westport
- CHARLES ELBERT GAYSpecialist Five · December 15, 1968
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.