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RICHARD MAX YELLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1943 – September 25, 1967
Service recordRichard Max Yelland, of Ely, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 14
- SCOTT M BURGESSWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1967
- ARCHIE MONROE CARLYLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- BILLY KIETH DEVASIERLance Corporal · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 8
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 9
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 10
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 13
From Ely
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · February 10, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.