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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, John Robert
Date of birth
3 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33257283
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Gorlitz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 3 23

Immediate family

Members
John R. Young (father)
Edna M. (Weible) Young (mother)
Clara M. Young (sister)
Paul R. Young (brother)
George W. Young (brother)
Charles E. Young (brother)
Betty R. Young (sister)

More information

Cpl John R. Young graduated from Altoona High School in 1936 and worked at the Pennsylvania Railroad company's tank shop.

He enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 5 November 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was promoted to corporal in the field.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag VIII-A in Görlitz.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com -  1920/1940 Census / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, www.altoonamirror.com - Altoona Mirror - 18 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, David Rajala / Altoona Mirror