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DALLAS CLYDE YOUNG JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1941 – May 12, 1966
Service recordDallas Clyde Young JR, of Salem, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Salem, Illinois (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 56
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- MELVIN GLENN CORMIERSergeant · May 13, 1966
From Salem
- CLAUDE EDWARD TABORPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- WILFORD LYNN DONOHOPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.