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JOSEPH MICHAEL YOUNGERMAN
Private · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – April 2, 1971
Service recordJoseph Michael Youngerman, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 101
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 101
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
- GLENN LEE HATAFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT MEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 2, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · April 2, 1971
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.