William Nelson Young Jr. (1923 - 2001)

Born 8 Apr 1923 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Jun 2001 at age 78 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States

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Veteran, WWII

Biography

William Nelson Young, Jr. was born 8 Apr 1923 in Sedro Woolley, Skagit, Washington to William Nelson Young, Sr. and Florence Harriet Booth.

Veteran, WWII, Army Private, registered 30 Jun 1942, Serial Number 233, Order Number 12034, honorably discharged 11 Mar 1946. He served in the US Army during World War II in the South Pacific, participating in the Saipan, Leyte, and Okinawa Campaigns and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic service.

Bill graduated from Oregon State University with an MS degree in Agriculture and was employed by the USDA Farm Home Administration for 35 years, retiring in 1986.

Bill married Kathryn Marie Wells 14 Jun 1947 in Corvallis, Oregon. They had two daughters.

Bill died 15 Jun 2001 in Salem, Oregon. His ashes are held at Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum in Salem, Oregon.

Sources

• 1930 United States Federal Census, age 7, living in Kuna Village, Ada County, Idaho with his parents and his sister, Ev Young, age 2.
• His brother, Richard Arthur "Dickie" Young was born 3 Jan 1931 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho and died 14 Feb 1939 in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon at the age of 8, having never made the 1940 Census.
• 1940 United States Federal Census, age 17, living in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon. Evelyn was 12.
• William N Young Jr. in the U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946;
• Oregon, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1851-1975, marriage of William N Young, Jr to Kathryn Marie Wells 14 Jun 1947 in Benton, Oregon. Film Number 004388855.
• Obituary from the Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, published 17 Jun 2001, Sun - Page 20.
• Find a Grave, memorial page for William Young Jr. (1923–2001), Find A Grave: Memorial #139959934, citing Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA.

Acknowledgment

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