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JOHN ROBERT YARGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Yarger, of Miles City, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Miles City, Montana (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 23
- DARRELL EUGENE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BAILEYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BOWERSMajor · March 24, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL FOSTERCorporal · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 19
- JOHN LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 19
- LEO BRIAN SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 21
From Miles City
- TRACY HENRY MURREYFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- RONALD HAL DERENBURGERSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ALEXANDER DUANE NEIBAUERLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- GEORGE ELI MATTOCKSLance Corporal · February 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.