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DONALD FREDERICK YERYAR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1935 – June 27, 1972
Service recordDonald Frederick Yeryar, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1972
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam 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 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLSPetty Officer First Class · June 26, 1972
- FARRELL JUNIOR SULLIVANColonel · June 27, 1972
- GORDON ROBERT UHLERSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 28, 1972
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.