YOUNG – CombatVets Network

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Personal Details

Last Name: YOUNG
First Name Middle Initial: JOSEPH
Nick Name: DON
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City: FORT MYERS
State: FL
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Spouse: DORTHEA
Age when entered service: 01/44
Age first entered: 26
War or Conflict: WW II
Theater of operations: ETO
Year: 01/44
Branch of Service/s: ARMY
Years Served: 456 days
Date of Discharge / Retirement (circle):
Highest Rank: new_value
Military MOS (Job Descriptions): RIFLEMAN
What military medals received: PURPLE HEART, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL

Military Bio:

Joseph D. Young born in Lockport, IL joined the United States Army and became a Rifleman with a rank of Staff Sergeant with the 1st Ranger Battalion. Don (Joseph's nickname to his friends) was captured in Germany and became a Prisoner Of War on January 1944. During his 14 months as a POW he spent time in camps 7A and 7B in Florence, Italy. Don was one of the few POWs to ever escape a POW camp in April of 1945 and went on to become a carpenter and a avid flyer, living in Fort Myers, Florida until 1987. Joseph later passed away on April 23rd, 1999 his wife Dorthea, his daughter Adele, and his son Joe survives him.

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Post Military Occupation

Age when captured: 26
Date of Captured: 01/44
Place captured: GERMANY
Camp/s held: FLORENCE ITALY 7A 2B
Date Released: 04/45
Prisoner-of-war status: CARPENTER
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