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BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1946 – May 25, 1968
Service recordBernard Francis Yarbinitz, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 8
- WILLIAM DEAN WILSONCorporal · May 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD ZESKEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- OTIS LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- EVERAL FLOYD AVEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HARRISON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 70W, Line 1
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 5
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 4
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
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.