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JERRY OWEN YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordJerry Owen Young, of Lakeview, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 26
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
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeview, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 26
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY WHEELERFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1969
- GORDON GLENN WHITELance Corporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS WAYNE FRERICKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 19
From Lakeview
- JAMES MICHAEL EARLYSergeant First Class · August 21, 1969
- RANDALL LEE KRUEGERLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
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.