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GERALD FRANCIS YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordGerald Francis Young, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 37
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- RALPH CHESTER WIGHT JRMajor · April 6, 1968
- GEORGE L WILSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL WOLPERTSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.