Walter Frank Draeger Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit1131st Special Activities Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromDeerfield Wisconsin
Date of DeathApril 4 1965
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Captain Draeger was a member of 1131st Special Activities Squadron. On April 4, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Skyraider (A-1H) over the Gulf of Tonkin just north of the Ham Rong Bridge, North Vietnam when the aircraft was shot down and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.