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JEFFREY JEROME YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1950 – April 4, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Jerome Young, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 94
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 94
- CECIL RAY SMITH JRSergeant · April 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · April 4, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 91
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 92
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 93
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.