35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Dalton Brice Yokem    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Charlie Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Dalton Brice Yokem, who died in the service of his country on December 10th, 1951 in Korea. The cause of death was listed as Vehicle Accident. At the time of his death Dalton was 22 years of age. He was from Klamath Falls, Oregon.

The decorations earned by PFC Dalton Brice Yokem include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: KUMHWA

BURIAL LOCATION:KENO CEMETERY, KLAMATH FALLS, OR

Comments: Private First Class Yokem was a member of the U.S. Army serving in Korea. On December 10, 1951, he died from a broken neck from a vehicle accident near Kumwha, Korea. DOD cites Dorris, California, gravestone cites Oregon, burial in Oregon.