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DAN RANDEL YOUMANS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1942 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDan Randel Youmans, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 43
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMSSergeant · May 1, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.