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SAMUEL WALTER YATES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1945 – July 16, 1973
Service recordSamuel Walter Yates, of Sacramento, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1973, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1973
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1973; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1973, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 119
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · June 14, 1973
- SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUSMajor · June 16, 1973
- JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOODCaptain · June 16, 1973
- JAMES TIMOTHY ONEILLAirman · July 4, 1973
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.