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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Robert Lee
Date of birth
3 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Texas County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38693329
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 15

Immediate family

Members
James R. Young (father)
Hattie P. (Rippetoe) Young (mother)
James F. Young (brother)
Una Vida Young (sister)
Mansel A. Young (brother)
Capitolia Young (sister)
Opal I. Young (sister)
Ida C. Young (sister)
William T. Young (brother)
Lena D. Young (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Young enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 29 March 1944. He attended 2 years of high school and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Mueller Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten