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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Nyle Arnold
Date of birth
25 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha, Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35738342
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 41 36

Immediate family

Members
William M. Young (father)
Evelyn Young (mother)
Kenneth Young (brother)
Boyd Young (brother)
Jack Young (brother)
Jimmie Young (brother)
Shelby J. Young (sister)
Eugene Young (brother)

More information

Pvt Nyle A. Young attended high school for two years and worked by the South Eastern Gas Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 5 January 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy