World War II Honoree

Clay B. Young, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boise, Idaho

Honored By

June

Relationship

Wife

TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. ATTENDED ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. ASSIGNED TO THE 302D ORDNANCE BATTALION AND ASSIGNED DUTIES, AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, TRUCK DRIVER AND CLERK TYPIST. UNIT SUPPORTED COMBAT UNITS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND HAD CROSSED THE RHINE RIVER BY THE TIME HOSTILITIES HAD CEASED. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE-EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE AT CAMP CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS.