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HOWARD JAMES YOUNGER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1945 – October 26, 1966
Service recordHoward James Younger JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 117
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
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- 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
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 117
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- DAVID ARTHUR BARUTHCorporal · October 27, 1966
- MARLIN EDWIN BEMBENEKSpecialist Five · October 27, 1966
- JOHN TRAVIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · October 27, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.