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WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 16, 1930 – February 7, 1970
Service recordWilliam Vincent Young, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- October 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 114
- STEVEN MARK KUSTERStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1970
- MAHLON RONNIE ARNETTSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GILBERT BLANDONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- ARLIS RAY BRANSCUMCorporal · February 8, 1970
- RODRIGO FUENTES IBARRAMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1970
From Rahway
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.