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JOHN DELBERT YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1945 – June 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Delbert Young, of Monroe City, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 46
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
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Monroe City, Missouri (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 46
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- JACK AMOS BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH BRANCATO JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE DUTCHESLance Corporal · June 14, 1966
From Monroe City
- GARY PAUL BAKERSergeant · May 11, 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.