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LAWRENCE WAYNE YOCHUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1950 – February 13, 1970
Service recordLawrence Wayne Yochum, of Burney, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Burney, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 5
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
- ROSS ERLE HARDTSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- RONALD LEE HAUGStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1970
From Burney
- RONALD FLOYD KEENERSpecialist Five · December 10, 1969
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.