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GERALD LEE YOUNG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 23, 1938 – October 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Lee Young, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 108
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 108
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · October 23, 1969
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · October 23, 1969
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 107
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 107
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 109
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.