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WELDON HORACE YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – November 20, 1966
Service recordWeldon Horace Young, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 98
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- THEODORE A ALKIRE JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- GARY D BYFORDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- LOUIS CASTILLOSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 94
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 95
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 97
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.