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TERRY LYNN YAWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – April 27, 1967
Service recordTerry Lynn Yawn, of Hawkinsville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Hawkinsville, Georgia (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 105
- DONALD RAYMOND YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAUNLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- FRANKLIN ANGEL CARASColonel · April 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROM WORLEYSpecialist Six · Panel 18E, Line 104
From Hawkinsville
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- TERRY KENT JACKSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
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.