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ANDREW KUNG YOUNG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1945 – May 30, 1968
Service recordAndrew Kung Young, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 3
- JERRY MICHAEL STONESergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE SWIHARTSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JAMES LAWRENCE THOMASPlatoon Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- WILLIAM WILBUR JRCorporal · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEON BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 14
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 16
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 17
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 17
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 18
- PAUL EVERETT SCHIEVESpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 1
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.