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JAMES MICHAEL YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1943 – November 16, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Young, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 77
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 77
- RONALD ALBERT YANCHARLance Corporal · November 16, 1968
- PHILLIP RUSSELL ANDERSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- JACK ALLEN BOWMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- PAUL DAVID DERBYCaptain · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONDA SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 75
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.