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DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – September 28, 1970
Service recordDouglas Harvard Yuki, of Altadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 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 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 99
- WILLIAM MARK PREDOVICLance Corporal · September 28, 1970
- ALAN GEORGE CARLBORGSergeant · September 29, 1970
- BRYCE LEROY KINDRICKLance Corporal · September 29, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
From Altadena
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
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.