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PAUL E YONKIE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 4, 1934 – September 1, 1968
Service recordPaul E Yonkie, of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1968, in Thailand, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MAC
- Born
- June 4, 1934
- Home of record
- Ridgway, Pennsylvania (Elk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 23
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- DENNIS CLAYTON BOONESpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOWLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
From Ridgway
- LARRY WAYNE GARDNERSergeant · January 21, 1967
- JEROME EDWARD BOWERS JRCorporal · April 18, 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.