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ROBERT LEE YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Young, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 73
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 73
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
- GREGORY LEE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- HOLLY GENE BELLMajor · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLASStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 71
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 73
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.