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JOHN EDWARD YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Young, of Tigard, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 69
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Tigard, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 69
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DANIEL STEPHEN BETTENCOURTCorporal · May 9, 1967
- GARY RICHARD BUTTENBAUMPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH CASEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Tigard
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · September 27, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.