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YOUNG, Earnest G - Date of
birth
19 September 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Valley Township, Scott County, Kansas -
Hometown
Valley Township, Scott County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37153538 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Tank Driver -
Unit
A Company,
771st Tank Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
27 February 1945 - Place of
death
Lovenich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 16 | 11 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clarence E. Young (father)
Laura M. (Graham) Young (mother)
Clarence Young (brother)
More information
T/5 Earnest G. Young worked as a farmer.
Source of information: André Koch, John T. Gerlosky, Joyce Armstrong, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstones Application for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 / Headstone and Interment Record/ Kansas State Census Collection /102nd Infantry Division "Ozark" Unit History, www.history.army.mil, www.lonesentry.com,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Tom Duckers