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STEPHEN ANDREW YOUNG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – August 9, 1969
Service recordStephen Andrew Young, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 120
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 120
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SPRATLINSeaman Apprentice · August 9, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 1969
- GWYMAN STRIBBLINGPrivate First Class · August 9, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 117
- JAMES CHARLES DINESpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 117
- FRED ANDERSON FEDDERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 118
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 119
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
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.