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JIMMY RAY YOUNG
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – July 8, 1968
Service recordJimmy Ray Young, of Fredericktown, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Fredericktown, Missouri (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 2
- WILLIAM IRVIN TURNER JRSergeant · July 8, 1968
- HOWARD CLAYTON WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- THOMAS LESLIE WILSONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
From Fredericktown
- LINDELL FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 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.