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BRUCE EDGAR YATES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1940 – November 7, 1966
Service recordBruce Edgar Yates, of Alameda, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 40
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 40
- EDWARD GEE BLACKMONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 35
- ERNEST LEE CARTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 36
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 1967
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.