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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Ira Sherman
Date of birth
15 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35780413
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 6 18

Immediate family

Members
William W. Young (father)
Rachel E. (Lemaster) Young (mother)
Lon Young (brother)
Everett Young (brother)
Esther Young (sister)
Delphina Young (sister)
Goldie Young (sister)
Ocova M. Young (wife)
Ed L. Young (son)
Gary Young (son)
Kenneth Young (son)

More information

Pvt Ira S. Young was employed as a truck driver for a wholesale feed company.

He is remembered at Pine Hill Cemetery in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky with a memorial marker.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, 8th Infantry Division "Golden Arrow" Unit History / 28th Infantry Regiment "Black Lions" Unit History, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kenneth Young, www.findagrave.com