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JOSEPH STANLEY YANCY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1945 – August 11, 1967
Service recordJoseph Stanley Yancy, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 101
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK RODENBERGLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- ROY MITCHELL WHEATLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE GLENN GENTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 99
- RANDALL LEE MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 100
- ALBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 100
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.