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PAUL AARON YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – March 15, 1968
Service recordPaul Aaron Young, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 60
- LEROY W KATTERHENRY JRSergeant · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · March 15, 1968
- STEVEN ALFRED MIDDLETONSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE WRIGHTCorporal · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEE BIGELOWPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 57
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · Panel 44E, Line 60
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · Panel 44E, Line 63
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 64
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.