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CHARLES HARRY YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1946 – February 4, 1968
Service recordCharles Harry Young, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 30
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 30
- RONALD WILLIAM WOODSecond Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY WYATT JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- ROGER DUANE ALBERTSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.