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ROBERT GEORGE DRAPP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1951 – November 16, 1970
Service recordRobert George Drapp, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 63
- JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLINSpecialist Five · November 15, 1970
- COUNCIL DELANO VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD WHITESpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARSHALL ROEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 64
- NORMAN R STODDARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 65
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.