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WILLIAM RUSSELL YOUNG JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1945 – September 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Russell Young JR, of Barnesville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Barnesville, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 81
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · September 16, 1967
- NICHOLAS EDWARD BRUZNACKSpecialist Six · September 17, 1967
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
From Barnesville
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 13, 1968
- DONALD GENE WEHRSergeant · November 1, 1969
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.