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JAMES RAY YOUNG
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1948 – May 18, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Young, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 3
- GARY JOSEPH THOMASCorporal · May 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALEXANDER WALKERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- NATHAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.