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MICHAEL EDWARD YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – November 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Edward Young, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinist (44E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định 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 61
- KENNETH PAUL BARKLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAIRESergeant · November 12, 1969
- JON KEITH BODAHLMajor · November 12, 1969
- JEFFREY LYNN BOGUELance Corporal · November 12, 1969
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 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.