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DANNY KEITH YELLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDanny Keith Yelley, of Wyandotte, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyandotte, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 79
- CARL LYNN WALKERCorporal · July 7, 1969
- DAVID DANIEL WRIGHTLance Corporal · July 7, 1969
- COLON DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- WILLIAM OLIN ANDERSONCorporal · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 76
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Wyandotte
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- HENRY PHILIP BALDWINHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
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.