Vestie Driggers
Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 8
National Memorial Panel / Row:
West 37 /
5
Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1944
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Branch of Service: Army
Rank: SP4
Date of Casualty: 29-Nov-1968
Province of Casualty: Thua Thien
Driggers played trumpet in a professional band for several years before entering the Army in November 1967. The specialist four, a light weapons infantryman, was assigned to Company B of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He died in Vietnam on Nov. 29, 1968, at the age of 24.