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CLAUDE YOUNG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1942 – October 21, 1967
Service recordClaude Young, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 48
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- WAYNE MEDDIE CARDINALSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DOOLEYLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.