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JAMES D YEAKLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1944 – November 17, 1967
Service recordJames D Yeakley, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 12
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · November 17, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JIMMY DEAN YOUNGBLOODCorporal · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 9
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.