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FRED YOUNG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1942 – April 5, 1968
Service recordFred Young, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 22
- RICHARD EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JOE ALLEN WITTKOPPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD M BARGARSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- IVAN ROBERT FEBO-BETANCOURTSergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 14
- PATRICK J CONROYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 15
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 17
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 19
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 21
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.