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THADDEUS M YONIKA JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – December 21, 1969
Service recordThaddeus M Yonika JR, of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 81
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- West Middlesex, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 81
- ROBERT ALAN YATESLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- DONALD DEANE BURRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- FRANK HALL JRLance Corporal · December 22, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · December 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 78
- BARRY PAUL KALETTASergeant · Panel 15W, Line 78
From West Middlesex
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BAKERHospitalman · March 7, 1968
- TERRENCE MICHAEL KUZAKLance Corporal · December 24, 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.