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JACK M YOUNGS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 24, 1921 – December 6, 1967
Service recordJack M Youngs, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1967, in Thailand, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 24, 1921
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 56
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROMSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL S KRZYNOWEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 48
- LARRY A MOORECaptain · Panel 31E, Line 50
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.