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RODNEY GEORGE DRAKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – January 12, 1967
Service recordRodney George Drake, of Clare, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Clare, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 14
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- ANGUS N JACKSONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 15
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 16
- BILLY W MCKEELStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 17
- RENE REYNOSOSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 17
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 18
From Clare
- RICHARD ARTHUR HENKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
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.