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JOHNNY LEON YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1950 – November 28, 1969
Service recordJohnny Leon Young, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 2
- DELVIN CARL MARTINSONCorporal · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
From Brazil
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHESTER RAY MCCLELLANDCorporal · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 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.