World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Harold Eugene Young
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Boulder, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class. Inducted into the United States Navy from Ohio, completing his basic military training at the U.S. Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon his graduation from boot camp, he was transferred to an unknown U.S. Navy Warship for duty. Thursday, December 2, 1942 he was reported missing in action or buried at sea Location: Atlantic Theater of Operations. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the East Coast Memorial Location: New York, New York. In his Memory and Honor, a cenotaph memorial has been placed at the Mountain View Memorial Park Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.