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PAUL LEONARD YOST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1941 – May 2, 1968
Service recordPaul Leonard Yost, of Bidwell, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Bidwell, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 22
- LEROY NORRIS WRIGHTSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ARNOLD YOUNGMANPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- OLIVER ANDERSONSergeant First Class · May 3, 1968
- BILLY WAYNE BRIDGEMANSergeant · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 44
- RICHARD RAY LANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 10
- THOMAS O REYNASergeant · Panel 54E, Line 16
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.