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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Robert Victor
Date of birth
31 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Daviess County, Indiana
Hometown
Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35716424
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 45

Immediate family

Members
Harold E. Young (father)
Lena P. (Stropes) Young (mother)
Thelma G. Young (sister)
Ralph T. Young (brother)
Maynard Young (brother)
William E. Young (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert V. Young was a miner at the Standard Coal Company before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 4 November 1942.

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 / Stropes Marshall Integrated Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Randy