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RONALD LEE YOUNG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – August 22, 1970
Service recordRonald Lee Young, of Morongo Valley, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 132
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Morongo Valley, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 132
- PAUL WARDSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RAYMOND SANDERS BRAMWELLSpecialist Five · August 23, 1970
- CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
- CLARENCE BERNARD COLEMANCorporal · August 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 129
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 129
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 130
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 130
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 131
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.