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JAMES STRONG YODER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – November 22, 1967
Service recordJames Strong Yoder, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi 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 68
- CHARLES EDWARDS WILLBANKSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH STANLEY ADAMSCorporal · November 23, 1967
- PHILIP FRANCIS ADAMSCorporal · November 23, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE VESTCorporal · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 63
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.