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CHARLES EARL YOUNG
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1927 – November 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Earl Young, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 63
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 63
- GREG PATTERSON STIGERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN TRUELOVEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- FRANCIS BALDINOPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- DAVID ALFORD BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.