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MICHAEL ALAN YOUNG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1949 – March 30, 1971
Service recordMichael Alan Young, of Huntley, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Dynamic Components Mechanic (6132)
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntley, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 95
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
- THOMAS HENRY RATLIFFSpecialist Five · March 30, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALLEN WADELance Corporal · March 30, 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.