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ROGER DUANE YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRoger Duane Young, of Webster Springs, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 56
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Webster Springs, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- EVERETTE WAYNE BRIGGSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 42
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 45
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 47
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 48
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
From Webster Springs
- EUGENE EDWARD STOUTMaster Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1967
- DALLAS RATLIFFSergeant · September 11, 1967
- JOHNNY ELLIS MCIECorporal · July 4, 1969
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.