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JOHNNY YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1950 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJohnny Young, of Slaton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Slaton, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 31
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT MARK WALKLEYLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 23
- DAVID STANLEY HARRISSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 26
- ROBERT THOMAS MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 27
- DONALD SHELDON REPACICorporal · Panel 28W, Line 29
From Slaton
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
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.