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ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNG
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – March 15, 1970
Service recordRobert Francis Young, of Hooper, Utah, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 2
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Hooper, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 2
- WILLIAM THOMAS VOHRINGERStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT ABBOTT WOODStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- HARVEY CHADWICK K AIAULieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- DANNY RAY ALLENSergeant · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 131
- JAMES ALVIN HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 131
- PAUL ROBERT MORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 131
From Hooper
- WARREN LEE CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.