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RICHARD CHARLES DREWES
Captain · U.S. Army
September 14, 1933 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Drewes, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Officer, General (3100)
- Born
- September 14, 1933
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 34
- KENNETH ROY CRISTCaptain · December 17, 1968
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · December 17, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- PHILLIP HENRY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.