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DONALD RAYMOND YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – April 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Raymond Young, of Millbury, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 105
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Millbury, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 105
- TERRY LYNN YAWNPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAUNLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- FRANKLIN ANGEL CARASColonel · April 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 101
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 103
From Millbury
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1971
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.