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DONALD P YARRINGTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – October 21, 1967
Service recordDonald P Yarrington JR, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 45
- ALVIN RICHARDSON CHAVOUSCorporal · October 21, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LARRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- JOHN LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 46
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.