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RONALD EDWARD YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRonald Edward Young, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 88
- DONALD ALAN PITTENGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JAMES NEIL TYCZSergeant · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDWARD WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 78
- RICHARD JOHN DAVISCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 80
- AILEY BERDEAN HURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 82
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.