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WILFORD AVON YOUNG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – September 9, 1970
Service recordWilford Avon Young, of Humboldt, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Humboldt, Tennessee (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 51
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- GARY RALPH FRIENDSergeant · September 9, 1970
- MERRITT ADAMSSergeant · September 10, 1970
- JOHN J ARTEAGALance Corporal · September 10, 1970
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIM EDWIN NEWELLSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 49
From Humboldt
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- JAMES AUSTON BROWNSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.