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DAVID LEWIS YOAKUM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 28, 1943 – June 25, 1972
Service recordDavid Lewis Yoakum, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 25, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 49
- JAMES LON MCCARTYCaptain · June 24, 1972
- ROBERT DALE MCLARENSpecialist Four · June 24, 1972
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOZEFOWSKICaptain · June 25, 1972
- GEOFFREY RAYMOND SHUMWAYLieutenant Commander · June 25, 1972
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.