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WILLIAM YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – December 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam Young, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 26
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLEMONSGunnery Sergeant · December 10, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.