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DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1948 – December 20, 1969
Service recordDouglas Whiting Young, of West Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 75
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- West Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 75
- WOODROW WILSON SNYDER JRStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- WILLIAM MAYO STEVENSONCorporal · December 20, 1969
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From West Hartford
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT LYON NORTONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
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.