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LARRY CLAYTON YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordLarry Clayton Young, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 10
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
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 10
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMONCorporal · May 10, 1970
- LELAND MCLANE CHESTNUTSergeant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 6
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 7
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.