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EMMETT LEE YORK JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1944 – February 2, 1968
Service recordEmmett Lee York JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 2
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- BILLY WAYNE WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 68
- JAN ROYCE GILLHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- DELBERT LEON REESESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 83
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.