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WILLIAM RONALD YOUNGBLOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ronald Youngblood, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 58
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- GREGORY WOODSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES FRED WRIGHTSergeant · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.