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DONALD FRANCIS YATES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – January 28, 1967
Service recordDonald Francis Yates, of Round Lake, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Round Lake, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 94
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BIEDIGERColonel · January 29, 1967
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
- JOHN JAMES SHAWPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 90
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 91
- PETER JOSEPH KELLER JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 91
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 93
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 93
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.