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RONALD G YACKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – September 17, 1967
Service recordRonald G Yacks, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 87
- HENRY DENNIS BABERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM BOYERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JIM HALLPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERRELL J CLAYBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
- THOMAS JAMES DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 83
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.