Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Carl Curtis Young.
Unit/Placed in, USS Lexington (CV-2) Carrier, United States Navy.
Carl is born approx. on 6 Aug. 1922 in Tennessee.
Father, George Henry Young.
Carl enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 2957537.
Carl was KIA during The Battle Of The Coral Sea, when the USS Lexington was hit by Second torpedoes and then hit by two bombs which gave significant Damage and kill rate under the Crew on 8 May 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Carl also has a Memorial Grave at Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA.
Carl is Mentioned at Battle of the Coral Sea Memorial Park, Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
