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JOEL CRAIG YORK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1951 – August 26, 1970
Service recordJoel Craig York, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 15
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 15
- RUBEN MARTINEZ-ZAYASCorporal · August 26, 1970
- CHARLES GEORGE WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM WIDDOWSPrivate · August 26, 1970
- ERNEST MCDONALD BARBERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 12
- DANIEL WEBSTER YORKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 12
- GEORGE EDWARD TEFFTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.