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GARY EUGENE YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – August 18, 1969
Service recordGary Eugene Young, of Universal City, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Universal City, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 64
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- DAVID RAMSEY TIBBETTSCorporal · August 18, 1969
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 58
- STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 59
From Universal City
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 28, 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.