World War II Honoree

Charles Edward Young, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Wilmington, Delaware

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Rifleman, assigned to Charlie Company, Fourth Combat Engineer Battalion, an element of the Fourth Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Iwo Jima Island Location: Western Pacific Theater of Operations. Thursday, March 8, 1945 he was killed in action, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Fourth Marine Division Iwo battlefield cemetery. In the post-war era, this Marines’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at the Arlington National Cemetery, with interment January 17, 1949 Location: Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.