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ROBERT MILTON YOUNG
Captain · U.S. Army
January 17, 1945 – May 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Milton Young, of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1945
- Home of record
- New Alexandria, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 2, 1970
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 89
- RAYMOND NOVELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 2, 1970
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1970
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
- WILLIE BEDFORDPrivate · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 82
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- MILTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 87
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 87
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · Panel 11W, Line 87
From New Alexandria
- ROBERT RANDOLPH BEANNERSergeant · May 12, 1968
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.