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ROBERT D YORKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordRobert D Yorker, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 124
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE DALE ARNOLDStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1967
- FRANK DAVID BAZELLSergeant · March 1, 1967
- DEWAYNE RODNEY BLACKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARSHALL ANTHONYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 112
- RICHARD ISMAEL BERMEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 112
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 113
- JUAN CASIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- CHARLES COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 114
- GARRY KENDELL COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- STEVEN WILLIAM COUCHPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- RUSSELL W DICKENSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 115
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 115
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 116
- TOMMY MEZZLESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 116
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 117
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 118
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 119
- MATTHEW LEONARDSergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 120
- RALPH DENNIS MCNEWCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 121
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 121
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 121
- DOUGLAS ALFRED RIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 121
- HARRY TRUMAN SATTERFIELDCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 122
- JOHN ANTHONY SERAVALLICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 122
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.