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LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – November 24, 1969
Service recordLaurence Atwood Young, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 116
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 116
- ROGER ALLEN DEDIESergeant · November 24, 1969
- REXFORD JOHN DEWISPELAEREChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 115
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.