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JOSEPH ROBERT YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – September 15, 1971
Service recordJoseph Robert Young, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 17
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
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 17
- GEORGE ALLEN FLOYDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1971
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · September 16, 1971
- DONALD EDWARD LARUE JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1971
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 1971
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.