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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Leverett Leroy
Date of birth
17 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine

Military service

Service number
20146529
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
C Company,
643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Hemmerden, Nordhrein-Westfalen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 22

Immediate family

Members
John R. Young (father)
Margaret G. (Leighton) Young (mother)
Madelyn Young (sister)
George R. Young (brother)
Herschel R. Young (brother)
Ella E. Young (sister)
William W. Young (brother)
John Young (brother)
Kenneth Young (brother)
Bernard R. Young (brother)
Faustina M. (Bubar) Young (wife)

More information

Sgt Leverett L. Young worked as a pin setter in a bowling alley in Houlton.

He joined the National Guard at Houlton Army Air Field, Houlton, Maine on 24 February 1941.

He was married to Faustina Marie Bubar on 23 November 1941.

The 2nd Platoon of C Company was ambushed near Kapellen, losing most of their aquipment. 38 men were killed, wounded or missing.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, John T. Gerlosky, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl, www.ancestry.com - 1920-1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Birth Records, Marriage Records / Smith Family Tree, 83rd Infantry Division "Thunderbolt" Unit History, http://www.history.army.mil/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ben Savelkoul