Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 5-Sep-1947
Hometown: Palatka, Florida
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 9-Oct-1965
Start of tour: 10-Oct-1966
Incident date: 9-Dec-1966
Date of casualty: 9-Dec-1966
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
William Young died on 9 Dec 1966 in Vietnam as the result of gunshot wound to the chest received when hit by hostile sniper fire.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Josephs Cemetery, Palatka, Florida, USA
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