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CHARLIE M YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1942 – February 28, 1966
Service recordCharlie M Young, of Riviera Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Riviera Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 92
- RICHARD FRANCIS NUGENTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- ALBERT FRANKLIN BAIRDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 85
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 86
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 87
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 88
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 89
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 90
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 91
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Riviera Beach
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1966
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 1969
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.