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RICHARD WOODROW YATES
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 29, 1950 – October 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Woodrow Yates, of Quantico, Virginia, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Quantico, Virginia (Prince William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 107
- VINCENT SALDANOSergeant · October 22, 1969
- RUSSELL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · October 22, 1969
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
From Quantico
- CHARLES CLIFFORD MITCHEMStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
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.