Specialist 4, U.S. Army
Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment
Entered the Service From: South Bend, Indiana
Date of Birth: July 24, 1948
Date of Death: June 11, 1972
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Yeakley was a member of Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment. On June 11, 1972, he was a passenger in a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) on a visual reconnaissance mission over the northern provinces of South Vietnam when the aircraft was shot down.
His remains were recovered and identified on February 7, 2011, and subsequently interred at
Arlington National Cemetery
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment
Entered the Service From: South Bend, Indiana
Date of Birth: July 24, 1948
Date of Death: June 11, 1972
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Yeakley was a member of Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment. On June 11, 1972, he was a passenger in a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) on a visual reconnaissance mission over the northern provinces of South Vietnam when the aircraft was shot down.
His remains were recovered and identified on February 7, 2011, and subsequently interred at
Arlington National Cemetery
Gravesite Details
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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