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ROBERT DALE DRAPER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1948 – August 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Dale Draper, of Morenci, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Morenci, Arizona (Greenlee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 66
- GLEN ALLEN BJERKECorporal · August 2, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLYSTONEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- CAREY ALLEN CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 2, 1967
- THEODORE HENRY DREYERMaster Sergeant · August 2, 1967
From Morenci
- ALFRED VAN WHITMERLance Corporal · April 13, 1968
- LARRY JOE WESTLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- JOSE ROBERTO MONCAYOSergeant · June 18, 1968
- CLIVE GARCIA JRSergeant · November 26, 1969
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.