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Personal info

Full name
DE YOUNG, Robert Gordon
Date of birth
7 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39572204
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
West of the Rur River in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 27

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. De Young (father)
Rose G. De Young (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert G. De Young enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 23 April 1943.

He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach for 4 years and was an errand boy before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - California Birth Index / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Woodrow Wilson High School Yearbook 1942