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BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1942 – January 16, 1972
Service recordBenjamin Edwin Yard JR, of Freedom, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Freedom, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 98
- RICHARD JAMES HOCKCaptain · January 16, 1972
- PATRICK WILLIAM RABACALSpecialist Four · January 16, 1972
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1972
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK WILLIAM RABACALSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 98
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.