James Allen Yates

YATES, JAMES ALLEN, Electrician's Mate First Class, (no. 3368327), US Navy, [Family] Wife, Mrs. Victoria Yolando Yates, c/o Mr. Guy Yates, Rinard, Ill. [Casualty] Missing, later declared dead May 8, 1943. [Event] Coral Sea, May 7, 1942. [Location] Coral Sea, missing, date of loss May 7, 1942, Memorial: Manila American Cemetery Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?Lfg6ODVQrTCnfH1l3n1zng==

http://navylog.navymemorial.org/yates-james-3

His brother Orin was also killed in action on the USS Sims. Note the memorial stone for both of them.

James A Yates
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 7 May 1942
MEMORIAL SITE*
Battle of the Coral Sea Memorial Park
Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia

• A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere.

MEMORIAL ID 188786262 · View Source