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Thomas Eugene Drake

NAME:
Thomas Eugene Drake
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
251309 (enlisted)
O-41314 (commissioned)
HOME OF RECORD:
Buffalo, KS
NEXT OF KIN:
Wife, Mrs. Alice M. Drake
(of 4593 Maryland Street, San Diego, CA)
DATE OF BIRTH:
5/10/1916
SERVICE DATES:
2/6/1936 – 3/28/1946
DATE OF DEATH:
3/16/1984
CAMPAIGNUNITMOSRATERESULT
Roi-NamurD/1/24585Gunnery Sergeant 
SaipanA/1/24585Gunnery Sergeant 
TinianA/1/24585Gunnery Sergeant 
Iwo JimaA/1/241542Second LieutenantWIA
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Bronze Star (?), Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Second Lieutenant

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