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WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Draper, of Rochester, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 7
- EDWIN LEWIS CAHALLPetty Officer First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CHEARNLEYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · June 9, 1968
- NATHANIEL CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 6
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 12
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 12
- CHARLES WELDON HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 13
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.