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ROGER LEE YOUNG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1947 – June 8, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Young, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 116
- ROBERT ARNOLD WIMERCorporal · June 8, 1969
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE AKINSCorporal · June 9, 1969
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From Cocoa
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.