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SAMUEL LEE YOUNG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordSamuel Lee Young, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 10
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 10
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 3
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.