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STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNG
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordStephen Rogers Young, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 14
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · May 17, 1968
- HAROLD BOOKER T BAYLORLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.