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TAKESHI YABIKU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1946 – January 12, 1969
Service recordTakeshi Yabiku, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 80
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY WACKERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 74
- LARRY GRANT BRADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 76
- LAWTON ARVIL KEENERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 77
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 78
- JOHN BERKLEY ROLLESergeant · Panel 35W, Line 79
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · Panel 35W, Line 79
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 79
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.