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RONALD HERMAN YOUNG
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
July 6, 1949 – April 13, 1969
Service recordRonald Herman Young, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 79
- LOUIS JOSEPH WEHRHEIMSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROYCE HORACE ADAMSTechnical Sergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES NORBERT BLAVATSergeant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT BURNETTEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 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.