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RONALD EUGENE YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – February 24, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Young, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 52
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- PATRICK LEROY SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1970
- HENRY LOUIS VALO JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 51
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
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.