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LEVERETT E YARBROUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1950 – October 1, 1970
Service recordLeverett E Yarbrough, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 104
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 1, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 102
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 102
- DAVID ALLAN CASONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 103
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 103
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.