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CARL L YOUNG
Major · U.S. Army
August 4, 1931 – December 24, 1966
Service recordCarl L Young, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 77
- ULYSSES WHITEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
- ALBERTO I JARA-VERANOPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
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.