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GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1950 – May 16, 1971
Service recordGeorge Charles Yoshonis, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 38
- THOMAS KUKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1971
- JOB NAVARRETE JRSergeant · May 16, 1971
- ARTHUR CHARLE STEPHENS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 16, 1971
- WAYNE RICHARDSON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1971
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 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.