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LEWIS JOHN YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1942 – April 19, 1968
Service recordLewis John Young, of La Puente, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1942
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 5
- KENT ROBERT BOLTERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BRANAUGHWarrant Officer 1 · April 20, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE CARTERLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANGELO CESTAREFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1968
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 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.