World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
George David Young
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Kansas City, Missouri
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps December 14, 1942 at Kansas City, Missouri, with recruit training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California. After his graduation from boot camp, he was transferred to Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California for combat training. He served as a Rifleman, assigned to Echo Company, Second Battalion, Twenty-Third Marine Regiment and an element of the Fourth Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Saipan Island Location: Northwestern Pacific Theater of Operations. On Thursday, June 15, 1944 he was mortally wounded, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Fourth Division Saipan Battlefield cemetery. In the post-war era, this Marines’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery located in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with interment June 21, 1948. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.