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JAMES BRUCE YOUNG
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordJames Bruce Young, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 96
- JAMES CECIL STARNESStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STUBBLEFIELDSergeant · November 29, 1970
- RONNIE CARL TESCHENDORFSergeant · November 29, 1970
- HARRY ALLEN WATSONStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
From Grosse Pointe Farms
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
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.