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COLON DAVID YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordColon David Young, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 21W, Line 79
- CARL LYNN WALKERCorporal · July 7, 1969
- DAVID DANIEL WRIGHTLance Corporal · July 7, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- WILLIAM OLIN ANDERSONCorporal · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 75
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 76
- CHARLES EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.