Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 25-Jan-1945
Hometown: Clare, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-Oct-1965
Start of tour: 19-Aug-1966
Incident date: 12-Jan-1967
Date of casualty: 12-Jan-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Rodney George Drake carrying several weapons up a ladder to guard tower, when one weapon fell, hit the ground and discharged hitting EM.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mayfield Congregational Cemetery, Kingston, Illinois, USA
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