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THOMAS EDWARD DRAUGHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – January 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Draughn, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 47
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 47
- DIEGO AMADORPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH CHILDERSSpecialist Five · January 21, 1969
- BRUCE ALAN CLARKSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · Panel 34W, Line 46
- KEN E MICLOSKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 51
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.