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ROBERT ALLEN YANKOSKI
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
December 21, 1951 – October 24, 1972
Service recordRobert Allen Yankoski, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 24, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 83
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
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- December 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 83
- AUBREY ELDON NOBLESSergeant First Class · October 17, 1972
- MICHAEL SARGENT BIXELLieutenant (junior grade) · October 24, 1972
- CLAYTON MITCH BLANKENSHIPPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1972
- DANIEL PARKS CHERRYAirman · October 24, 1972
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.