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RICHARD CLIVE YOUNGBEAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1939 – February 3, 1966
Service recordRichard Clive Youngbear, of Tama, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 134
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Tama, Iowa (Tama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 134
- MICHAEL WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
From Tama
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM COOKSpecialist Five · June 28, 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.