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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, John Edward
Date of birth
2 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Hometown
Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35388980
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 84

Immediate family

Members
Howard M. Young (father)
Wilma (Brown) Young (mother)
John Armbrust (stepfather)
Melvin Young (brother)
Lester H. Young (brother)
Irene L. Young (sister)
Delbert E. Young (brother)
Reuben R. Young (brother)

More information

S/Sgt John E. Young was employed by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad at Brewster.

He enlisted on 10 August 1942 and was sent overseas on 15 August 1944

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Ohio, Births and Christenings Index / Baltzly Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Independent
Photo source: Peter Schouteten