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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Winter Youngkin JR.

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ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JR

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

November 16, 1946 – September 19, 1966

Service record

Andrew Winter Youngkin JR, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 123

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
November 16, 1946
Home of record
Capitol Heights, Maryland (Prince George's County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 19, 1966
Age
19
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 123

From Capitol Heights

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.