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ROBERT EARL YOUNG
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 20, 1941 – November 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Earl Young, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 29, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 ASLT
- Born
- December 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 97
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · November 30, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT COILEYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1970
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.