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NOLAN FRANKLIN DREWRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1932 – March 8, 1966
Service recordNolan Franklin Drewry, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1932
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 130
- HUGH WALLACE MERRILLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1966
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
- JON IRVING CLIFFORDPrivate · March 9, 1966
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 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.