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DAVID ALAN YOUNK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – June 20, 1967
Service recordDavid Alan Younk, of Royalton, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 27
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Royalton, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 27
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BEN COYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 24
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.