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ROBIN RAY YEAKLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – June 11, 1972
Service recordRobin Ray Yeakley, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1972; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 41
- ROGER EUGENE WILSONMajor · June 11, 1972
- MAURICE CLARKStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1972
- SAMUEL HERBERT POWELLFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1972
- RICHARD DENNIS WILEYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD HACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 40
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 40
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 40
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 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.