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PETER JOEL YEINGST
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 1, 1941 – February 12, 1967
Service recordPeter Joel Yeingst, of Elverson, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 12, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Elverson, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLERLieutenant Colonel · February 12, 1967
From Elverson
- LEWIS H PROUDFOOT IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CAREY LEE DOBSONLance Corporal · May 21, 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.