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DAVID REESE YOUNG JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1944 – March 15, 1968
Service recordDavid Reese Young JR, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 64
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 64
- DOUGLAS ROBERT MOHRMANNLance Corporal · March 15, 1968
- CARL TURNER ADAMSSergeant First Class · March 16, 1968
- STEPHEN HAMILTON ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD AHERNSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEE BIGELOWPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 57
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · Panel 44E, Line 60
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 60
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · Panel 44E, Line 63
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 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.