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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Stanley Howard
Date of birth
6 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Hometown
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39469417
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Near Tintange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 3

Immediate family

Members
Ted R. Young (father)
Edith L. (Crowther) Young (mother)
Walter L. Young (brother)
Teddy E. Young (brother)
Richard A. Young (brother)
Roberta Young (sister)
Raymond Young (brother)

More information

Pvt Stanley H. Young worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 29 December 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Younggenes Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten