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LE ROY YOUNG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1945 – April 19, 1967
Service recordLe Roy Young JR, of Wabash, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Wabash, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 51
- ALFONSO DONATO SIERCHIOSpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN SYGNATURPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- GARY LEROY WESSELMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM BARNES JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1967
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.