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THOMAS JOSEPH YOLKIEWICZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Yolkiewicz, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 74
- HERBERT ARTHUR TATUMSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- JOHN ROGER THIELENSergeant · March 18, 1969
- JOSE TORREROSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- JACKIE LEE DAVISONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
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.