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DARYEL JOE YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1947 – June 22, 1968
Service recordDaryel Joe Young, of Ontario, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 19
- CARL IRVING JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1968
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 17
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 17
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 18
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 18
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 19
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 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.