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RONALD ALLEN YASHACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – May 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Allen Yashack, of Diagonal, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Diagonal, Iowa (Ringgold County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 100
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- KENNETH WILSON YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY EDWARD CLARKCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 93
- EMMETT LARUE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 93
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
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.