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THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – December 15, 1970
Service recordThomas Dudley Young, of Mcminnville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 124
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Tennessee (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 124
- JOHN FRANK SZLAPA IIIPetty Officer Third Class · December 15, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS CALLANSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1970
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH THEODORE GLIMSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 122
From Mcminnville
- JOE LYNN DELONGStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1971
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.