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CHARLES LUTHER YOUNG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1946 – May 17, 1968
Service recordCharles Luther Young, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 14
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 17, 1968
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 62E, Line 14
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- HAROLD BOOKER T BAYLORLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 23
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- REGINALD ALONZO BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 24
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 1
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 3
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 7
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.