Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63A – Mechanical Maintenance Helper
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Jan-1947
Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Marital status: Married to Sharon S. Youngblood, one son
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Nov-1967
Start of tour: 20-Mar-1968
Incident date: 23-Aug-1968
Date of casualty: 23-Aug-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Ground casualty.
William Ronald Youngblood died from wounds received while gunner on military vehicle on combat operation when hostile mortar round detonated.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 762 892*
Place of interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield, California, USA
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