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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Adam G
Date of birth
1 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Sublette, Lee County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16001110
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
Bois Bourdon on the French-Belgian border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 34

Immediate family

Members
George W. Young (father)
Christenia M. (Koehler) Young (mother)

More information

Sgt Adam G. Young worked on the family farm.

He joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 21 August 1940. He received basic training at Fort Ord, California and was also stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and Fort Wayne, Detroit. After returning to Fort Lewis and Fort Ord he was transferrred to Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas on 15 November 1942.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.org, www.newspapers.com - Dixon Evening Telegraph 4 October 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten