Carl Wilson Drake

Vietnam War
Unit421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromRoseville Ohio
Date of DeathJune 18 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Drake was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On June 18, 1970, he was the weapons systems officer of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on a mission over Cambodia, when it crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.