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DENNIS JAMES YETMAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – April 13, 1968
Service recordDennis James Yetmar, of Clare, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 50
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Clare, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 50
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ANTHONY ALBERT ALENCASTREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 40
- RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWARD NELSONSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 47
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
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.