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BOBBY YOUNG
Private · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – November 4, 1966
Service recordBobby Young, of Viper, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 26
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Viper, Kentucky (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 26
- ROBERT LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- GERALD LEE BOURDEAUPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 16
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 17
- HOWARD CLEVELAND BARKERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 17
- WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BAROTTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12E, Line 17
- JOHN DAVID BELTZSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 17
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 17
- AARON LEON THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 18
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 19
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 19
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 20
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 20
- FRED AUSBUN GADDISPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 21
- EUGENE FRANKLIN GOECKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 21
- BRUCE EDGAR KERNDLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 22
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 24
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 24
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 24
From Viper
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · February 4, 1966
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.