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DAN YAZZIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordDan Yazzie, of Continental Divide, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Continental Divide, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 24
- AUTHRAN WAYNE WINFREYLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- LEONARD ASHWORTH COLESSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- AMADO ACOSTA VALENCIASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 22
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.