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GEORGE LAMAR YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lamar Young, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 62
- ERNEST ALBERT STAMMCaptain · November 25, 1968
- GARY GRAY THROCKMORTONCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 54
- MELVIN EDWARD BEVIERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 54
- MICHAEL DEL BIRDWELLCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 55
- JOHN ELMER BRIXSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- DAVID MORRIS BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 56
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 56
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 57
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- JAMES EDWARD KINGSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 58
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 59
- JOSE TORRES NETOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
- GARY GRAY THROCKMORTONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 62
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 62
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
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.