World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Billy Ray Young
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fort Worth, Texas
Honored By
Mary Jo Young
Relationship
Wife
SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER ON THE FLEET TANKER USS PLATTE AO-24, OCTOBER 5, 1943 TO DECEMBER 4, 1945. SERVED IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, MARIANA ISLANDS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, OKINAWA. PRESENT IN TOKYO HARBOR WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED.