Dale E. Drake

World War II
Service #3824503
RankAviation Machinist's Mate First Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathFebruary 4 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes
AVMM1C Drakes remains have been recovered. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery. His name permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.