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JIMMY DEAN YOUNGBLOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1944 – November 18, 1967
Service recordJimmy Dean Youngblood, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Operator (0842)
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 12
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · November 17, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · November 17, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.