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RICHARD DUANE YOUTSEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 24, 1933 – January 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Duane Youtsey, of Manitou Beach, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Manitou Beach, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Aircraft
- C-123B
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1966; 46 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 96
- FRANK WAYNE WILLIAMS JRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- LEONARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE WILLISPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- STUART JAMES ERNHARTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
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.