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JOSEPH WALTER YINGLING JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1951 – June 30, 1971
Service recordJoseph Walter Yingling JR, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 96
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- ANTHONY JOHN LAMERESpecialist Four · July 1, 1971
- DUANE MARVIN MCBEAINPrivate First Class · July 1, 1971
- GLEN LEE FULLERTONTechnical Sergeant · July 2, 1971
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.