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Personal info

Full name
YOUNGS, Robert Beryl
Date of birth
15 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Earlville, Madison County, New York
Hometown
Oneida County, New York

Military service

Service number
32857557
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
757th Railway Shop Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
16 August 1945
Place of death
Kassel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 18 26

Immediate family

Members
William C. Youngs (father)
Mary A. (Rueben) Youngs (mother)
Louise M. Youngs (sister)
Beatice A. Youngs (sister)
Ledith E. Youngs (sister)
Wilmer Youngs (brother)
Elizabeth H. Youngs (sister)
Loren A. Youngs (brother)
Ronald B. Youngs (brother)
Belle M. Youngs (sister)
Bertha M. (Bielec) Youngs (wife)

More information

T/5 Robert B. Youngs was a waiter.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 23 April 1943.

He landed in Normandy, France a month after D-Day.

T/5 Youngs drowned in the Fulda River while on an excursion boat with eight other servicemen. Only two men survived when the boat was caught in a whirlpool.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1915/1940 Census / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Youngs Family Tree / The USATC in WWII Organization, www.findagrave.com - Sirider, http://militaryrailwayservice.blogspot.com/2010/07/railroads-wwii-eto.html, www.newspapaers.com - Press and Sun Bulletin 12 October 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Sirider