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GEORGE W YOUNGERMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – April 1, 1971
Service recordGeorge W Youngerman JR, of Vandalia, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 100
- COLLIE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- MICHAEL EDGAR MCPETERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- PETER LOUIS WINTERCorporal · April 1, 1971
- STEVEN CHARLES WRAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CHARLES WRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 100
From Vandalia
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JAMES ELDON JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
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.