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DAVID YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1945 – January 7, 1967
Service recordDavid Young, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1945
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 124
- ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFERStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- JERRY WOODALLPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLEON BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 119
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 120
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 121
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.