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LEROY JUNIOR DRABY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – September 8, 1967
Service recordLeroy Junior Draby, of Free Soil, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Free Soil, Michigan (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 34
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM KARL ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 34
- GARY LEWIS GILLEANSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
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.