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ROGER KENNETH DRAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRoger Kenneth Drake, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 24
- RICHARD LYON EDWARDSCaptain · October 23, 1968
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 24
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 25
From Fostoria
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 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.