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MANNIFRED YATES
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1935 – September 13, 1969
Service recordMannifred Yates, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 80
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 80
- RICHARD WAYNE SHERRILLLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL SQUIER JRStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1969
- ANTHONY MICHAEL STEENLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- JAMES BYRON STOCKDALEPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 1970
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.