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Personal info

Full name
YOUNG, Robert
Date of birth
10 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Hometown
Richland County, South Carolina
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34511761
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Schönberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 34

Immediate family

Members
Robert Young (father)
Agnes (Mayor) Young (mother)
Amy V. Young (half-sister)
Ruth G. Young (half-sister)
Irving Young (brother)
Rosetta Young (sister)
Irene Young (sister)
Charlie Young (brother)
Victoria Young (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert Young was an attendant in a hospital.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 31 October 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1910/1920 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten