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DONALD RAY YARBORO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1948 – January 24, 1970
Service recordDonald Ray Yarboro, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 63
- THOMAS EARL LITTLEPAGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1970
- RANDALL EARL PERRYCorporal · January 24, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- NATHANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
From Laurinburg
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
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.