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DENNIS LEE YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDennis Lee Young, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 86
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 86
- ROBERT JOSEPH WROBELStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
- EDWARD JEFFREY BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- DWIGHT HERBERT BALLCorporal · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MICHAEL KESTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 82
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.