CPL GERALD E YOUNG

5th Regimental Combat Team

I Co 3BN, Regimental Combat Team, Army

Non-Hostile, Died Other Causes

Date of Loss: July 31, 1951

Service Number: US55010890

Home or Place of Enlistment Washington County, NE

Town or Area: Sanyang-Ni

Burial Location Evergreen Cemetery, Walthill, NE

American Battle Monuments Commission The Korean War Honor Roll

Gerald E. Young, Washington, Nebraska

Born: Unknown

Corporal, U.S. Army; Service Number 55010890

Non-hostile Death: Died July 31, 1951 in Korea

Corporal Young was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion , 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was seriously wounded by the enemy near Masogu-ri, South Korea on May 17, 1951 and returned to duty on May 28, 1951. He died of other causes near San-Yang-ni, Korea on July 31, 1951. Corporal Young was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations service Medal, the National defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~