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WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JR
Commander · U.S. Navy
May 23, 1925 – January 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam P Yarbrough JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on January 19, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1925
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 19, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 54
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · January 19, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
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.