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LARRY JOHN YOUNG
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 31, 1945 – July 20, 1972
Service recordLarry John Young, of Calhoun, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Calhoun, Georgia (Gordon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 57
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
- RAYMOND PETER DONNELLYLieutenant · July 19, 1972
- EDWARD GARDNER HAYEN IIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1972
- STEVEN ALLEN TRANTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1972
From Calhoun
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE BENNETTCorporal · July 7, 1968
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
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.