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THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1946 – February 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Franklin Young, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Print Journalist (4312)
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 16
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLIE ACES STEWART JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD ZUNIGALance Corporal · February 3, 1968
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 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.