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RAYMOND ALBERT YOUNG
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRaymond Albert Young, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 16
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 6 BN 27 ARTY II FF
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 16
- ALAN FRANCIS ANGELLSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · July 20, 1968
- WILLIS J BILLEAUD JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.