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DANIEL DAVID YARNELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1946 – November 12, 1966
Service recordDaniel David Yarnell, of Highland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Highland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 64
- RAYMOND LEE POWELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- ALAN HARRY SHIELDSLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
From Highland
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- GARY MICHAEL BARNARDLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1969
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.