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JAMES PAUL YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – August 5, 1968
Service recordJames Paul Young, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · August 5, 1968
- IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDESGunnery Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- JACOB ROMO TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 12
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
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.