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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Melvin Lloyd
Date of birth
21 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ferrum, Franklin County, Virginia
Hometown
Franklin County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
42081018
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 5

Immediate family

Members
Posey A. Young (father)
Nettie E. (Stanley) Young (mother)
Clifford N. Young (brother)
Eva M. Young (sister)

More information

Pvt Melvin L. Young enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 22 November 1943.

He was a son of a farmer and a driver before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Clint Greer, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Clinton Greer Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Clint Greer