World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Hewitt Young
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Middletown, Connecticut
Honored By
The Young Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; RECEIVING STATION, NEW YORK; NAVAL OPERATING BASE, LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND; USS LST 289; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, CAMP BRADFORD; NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; AND USS SARPEDON ARB-7. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.