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JOHN CHARLES YATES
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1942 – October 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Yates, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Technician (2861)
- Born
- May 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 71
- BENITO V ALANIZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- WILLARD LEE ARNTZStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
- GARY WAYNE DOOLITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
From Fergus Falls
- JEROME ALFRED HAGENSeaman Apprentice · January 14, 1967
- GARY VAUGHN LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · May 9, 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.