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STEVEN COLE DRAKE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1943 – January 6, 1968
Service recordSteven Cole Drake, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 56
- KENNETH BERYL BERRYSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN CROSBYCorporal · January 6, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 57
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 57
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 60
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Kirkwood
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.