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GLENDELL EUGENE YATES
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 4, 1933 – November 20, 1966
Service recordGlendell Eugene Yates, of Harrisburg, Illinois, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 20, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Illinois (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 95
- CHARLES JERRY GAINESSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- JIMMIE CARROL HONLEYStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER ISLEY IIICorporal · November 20, 1966
From Harrisburg
- DAVID LEE HALLFireman · November 1, 1966
- VERNON EUGENE BELCHERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- TOMMY LEE BARNESSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
- JOHN CLINE TOWLECaptain · April 22, 1970
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 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.