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STEPHEN WALTER YOUNG
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1945 – September 6, 1969
Service recordStephen Walter Young, of Collingswood, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 52
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Collingswood, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 52
- WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTONPrivate · September 6, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BANKSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
From Collingswood
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS LEARYLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 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.