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CHARLES MICHAEL YATES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1945 – January 21, 1967
Service recordCharles Michael Yates, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 65
- MANUEL VAILLIDO TREVINOCorporal · January 21, 1967
- LOUIS JOHN WANDLERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- JOHN LESTER WILHELMSpecialist Five · January 21, 1967
- RAYMOND PETER ALBIETZCorporal · January 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FUIFUITAUA AMISONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 7
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 63
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 63
- MANUEL VAILLIDO TREVINOCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 65
- JOHN LESTER WILHELMSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 65
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.