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JOHN F YOUNG
Captain · U.S. Army
April 22, 1938 – January 16, 1968
Service recordJohn F Young, of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Sandy Hook, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; three of them were lost in An Giang Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 61
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- HERLEY AYER JRSergeant First Class · January 17, 1968
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 57
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 59
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.