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OTTO JAMES DRAKEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordOtto James Draken, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 67
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 67
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · April 1, 1970
- JAMES JACOB BYSZEKPrivate First Class · July 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HENRY LASSENSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 70
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 75
- VENTER BLYTHE NOEL VANDESpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.