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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Russell Theodore
Date of birth
19 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bellaire, Antrim County, Michigan
Hometown
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36173631
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 55

Immediate family

Members
Bertrand A. Young Sr. (father)
Minerva M. (Green) Young (mother)
Bertrand A. Young Jr. (brother)
Lolita Young (sister)
Arthur Young (brother)
Michael Young (brother)
Beatrice G. Young (sister)
Helen Young (sister)
Robert L. Young (brother)
Elsie E. Young (sister)
Clifford L. Young (brother)
Bonnie J. Young (sister)
Minesa A. Young (sister)
Ruby J. Young (sister)

More information

Pfc Russell T. Young was a machinist before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 26 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Young Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy