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JAMES MICHAEL YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1950 – June 26, 1971
Service recordJames Michael Young, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 90
- JOHN LESTER SONESSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- HERBERT J ARTISStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · June 27, 1971
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.