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ROBERT B YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – April 22, 1971
Service recordRobert B Young, of York, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 3
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- York, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 3
- LEONARD REZASergeant · April 22, 1971
- JOHN GUSTAVE SCHWARTZSergeant · April 22, 1971
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · April 22, 1971
- MICHAEL LEE BRUMMERSpecialist Five · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 2
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 2
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 2
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
From York
- RONALD ALLEN PARSONSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
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.