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ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordErnest Harold Young III, of Downey, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 56
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 56
- GARY LYNN WILLMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · March 15, 1968
- GREGORY FRANCIS AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HENRY J CHESTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 45
- MICHAUEL DON FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 47
- PATRICK ARNOLD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 52
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 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.