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WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1941 – September 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam Raymond Yongue, of Fair Play, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Amphibian Truck Officer (0668)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1097 TRANS CO 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Fair Play, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 18
- WILLIE WHITESergeant · September 26, 1967
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · September 27, 1967
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 27, 1967
From Fair Play
- JOHNNIE ELMER BUTLERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
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.