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JAMES HOWARD YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – July 27, 1968
Service recordJames Howard Young, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 21
- LARRY TAYLORCorporal · July 27, 1968
- ROSCOE DAVID ADAMSPrivate · July 28, 1968
- DAVID LEROY BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER GIBSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 16
- DONALD GONZALES PACHECOSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 19
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.