Oldest Pearl Harbor Survivor Vaughn P Drake Dies

The oldest known survivor of the Japanese sneak attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Vaughn P Drake jr has died. He was 106.

He was born November 6, 1918 in Winchester, KY, son of the late Vaughn P. Drake and Margaret Willis Drake. HIs wife of 65 years Lina Wilson Drake passed in 2011. He is survived by a son, Sam W. Drake, grandsons Anthony R. Drake (Crystal) and Patrick J. Drake, and three great grandchildren, Mya, Clara, and Henry Drake.

He served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, and was a veteran of the battles of Pearl Harbor and Saipan in the Marianas campaign. He has the esteemed honor of being the Oldest Pearl Harbor Survivor in the United States. He received the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans of Pearl Harbor, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Medal with Foreign Service bar, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two battles stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. 

Following the war, he attended the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, and was a registered professional engineer for over fifty years. He was employed by the General Telephone Company for thirty six years.

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