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KENNETH WILSON YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – May 24, 1969
Service recordKenneth Wilson Young, of St Anthony, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 100
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- St Anthony, Idaho (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 100
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- RONALD ALLEN YASHACKPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
From St Anthony
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
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.