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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: YOUNG
First name: CLARENCE C
Home of Record (official): COLUMBIA
State (official): SC
Date of Birth: Saturday, August 28, 1937
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 251601395
Component: Regular
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E6
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11E40
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
M Company 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, October 19, 1969
Date of Casualty: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Age at time of loss: 32
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Tay Ninh
The Wall: Panel 13W - Row 013