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ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 27, 1934 – April 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Allen Young JR, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 92
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Chemical Officer (7314)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 92
- JIMMY DON LESTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BANISTERLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- HARRY DAVID BEECH JRLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 85
- DOYLE DANIEL DUNBARSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 86
- HERBERT S HILDEBRANDSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 87
- NEAL WALLACE LOVSNES JRMajor · Panel 27W, Line 89
- JOHN ETHRIDGE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 90
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 92
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.