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CALVIN EDWARD YOUNG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1935 – November 30, 1968
Service recordCalvin Edward Young, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 15
- SAMUEL KAMU TOOMEY IIIMajor · November 30, 1968
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE WHITELance Corporal · November 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ALANIZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
From Biloxi
- LOUIS DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
- TIMOTHY CLAY MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
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.