World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles Clarence Young, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chester, South Carolina
Honored By
Carol Wilcox
Relationship
Cousin
HE SERVED AS B-17 PILOT WITH 8TH AIR FORCE, 452ND BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 728TH SQUADRON, 45TH COMBAT WING. HE WAS STATIONED AT DEOPHAM GREEN, NORFOLK, ENGLAND. KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 23, 1944, WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHED NEAR RODENBECK, GERMANY, DUE TO ENEMY FIGHTERS ON MARCH 23, 1944. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL.