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DAVID EARL YATES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – July 13, 1969
Service recordDavid Earl Yates, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 115
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 115
- WILLIAM DAVID ALBERTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · July 14, 1969
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 113
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
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.