Robert Milton Young from New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: May 2, 1970
Death details: On November 5, 1997, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Robert Milton Young, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Young joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of the 34th Armored Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On May 2, 1970, he was a passenger aboard a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-16512) on a logistical support mission to Katum fire support base in Vietnam. The Iroquois was damaged by ground fire during its flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The crew left the aircraft and took cover from approaching Vietnamese communist forces. Captain Young was captured, and he died of illness while in enemy hands in September 1972. In 1989, the Vietnamese government returned to U.S. custody a set of unidentified remains they had associated with CPT Young’s loss incident. In November 1997, forensic analysis identified the remains as those of CPT Young.
Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency