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RICHARD GUY DRAKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1929 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Guy Drake, of Stockton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 34
- KENNETH ROY CRISTCaptain · December 17, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DREWESCaptain · December 17, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- PHILLIP HENRY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 33
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 37
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 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.