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RICHARD FRANKLIN YATTEAU
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Franklin Yatteau, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 12
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 12
- GARY WAYNE COOPER SRSergeant · March 9, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE BARTOCCILieutenant Commander · August 31, 1968
- WILFORD LEE BLUMERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- EDDIE STEPHEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST RAY CARRSpecialist Five · August 31, 1968
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.