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KERMIT HAROLD YOHO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – February 10, 1966
Service recordKermit Harold Yoho, of Moundsville, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 24
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
- Motion Picture Specialist (84C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Moundsville, West Virginia (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 24
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 21
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 22
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 22
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
From Moundsville
- JOSEPH CLAIR AUSTINColonel · March 19, 1967
- LOYAL BARON DOTYPetty Officer First Class · February 9, 1968
- LEONARD JOE ZELASKI JRLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT MELVIN LOUGH JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JRSergeant · December 12, 1969
- GLEN LEE FULLERTONTechnical Sergeant · July 2, 1971
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.