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DON JOSEPH YORK
Captain · U.S. Army
November 28, 1932 – July 14, 1962
Service recordDon Joseph York, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1962
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1962. In July 1962, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 10
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- JOSEPH A GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 15, 1962
- ROBERT LEWIS SIMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1962
From Asheville
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.