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MICHAEL HOWARD YEATES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Howard Yeates, of Magna, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Magna, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 34
- JOHNNY GREEN STAMPSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- RICK YAMASHITAPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALFONSOSpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- HOBART AXSOM JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
From Magna
- RONALD VICTOR BACCAPrivate · October 30, 1965
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- SCOTT BRUCE SALTERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ROBERT CLAY VANVLEETPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.