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CLARENCE C YOUNG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1937 – February 14, 1970
Service recordClarence C Young, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 13
- JOE NATHANIEL WATSONPrivate · February 14, 1970
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · February 14, 1970
- JAMES STEPHEN BAIRDFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1970
- MICHAEL ALAN BOSOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL JOSEPH JORGENSENSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 9
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.