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JOHN CURTIS YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Curtis Young, of Baldwyn, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwyn, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 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 64W, Line 4
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- RICARDO YBARRAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE KENNETH ARTHURPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- MOSES JUNE BACOTELance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Baldwyn
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · May 16, 1970
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
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.