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DONNIE WINFIELD YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1944 – August 11, 1967
Service recordDonnie Winfield Young, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 99
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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
- July 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 99
- KENNETH ALLEN BERUBEFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- EDWARD AUBREY COFFEYMaster Sergeant · August 11, 1967
- CLYDE GLENN GENTLEPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
- HENRY BRIAN GRAMMERSergeant · August 11, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.