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DAVID WAYNE YOUNGBLOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1948 – August 21, 1970
Service recordDavid Wayne Youngblood, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 128
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Equipment Marine (6064)
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 128
- LARRY WILLIAM MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD MCLEISHCaptain · August 21, 1970
- DEAN MICHAEL WIEGANDSergeant · August 21, 1970
- LARRIE CORNELIUS ALLENSergeant · August 22, 1970
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.