The Wall › Panel 12W › California › John Edward Young
JOHN EDWARD YOUNG
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – April 1, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Young, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 78
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 78
- STEVEN JAMES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD GLENN ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · April 2, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 66
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- DAVID WELCHCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 77
- CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 77
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.