YOUNG James M - 501 PIR 101 AD

James M YOUNG

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

15382779

AGE

25 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1919

STATE

Jefferson County INDIANA

FAMILY

Married

RANK

Corporal

FONCTION

Paratroopers

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

10 december 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison INDIANA

REGIMENT

501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment

DIVISION

101^st Airborne Division

DATE OF DEATH

6 juin 1944

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Founecrop - Picauville

DATA PLAN

Douglas C-47 - type A - s/n 42-24077 IB*J Chalk #18

C 47 douglas
Macr: 7801
Mission: Albany operation
- Dropping of paratroopers 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment - DZ-C (Hiesville)
Take-Off: Station 474 Welford, Berkshire UK - Dropping under 1:20
Shot down by flak at 1:20

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
C	20	24

DECORATION

Purple Heart

STORY

Douglas C-47 - type A - s/n 42-24077 IB*J Chalk #18
	Crew C-47
1^st Lieutenant	James J HAMBLIN	Pilot	435^th TCG/77^th TCS/9^th TCC	Dead
2^nd Lieutenant	Joseph E KOWALSKI	CoPilot	435^th TCG/77^th TCS/9^th TCC	Dead - Holy Rosary Cem. Johnsonburg, PENNSYLVANIA
S/Sergeant	Milton E JONES	Disp	435^th TCG/77^th TCS/9^th TCC	Dead - Mount Olivet Cem. Fort Worth, TEXAS
Sergeant	Clarence A REVERSKI	Radio	435^th TCG/77^th TCS/9^th TCC	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) -
	Crew Paratroopers
2^nd Lieutenant	Everett G CROUCH	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
Sergeant	Mathieu J YAQUINTO	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Mount Olivet Cem. Detroit, Wayne Co, MICHIGAN
Private	Earle F WILLIAMS	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
Private First Class	Charles L SMITH	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Saranac Cem. MICHIGAN
Private	George N VATHIS	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	KIA - Oakland County, MICHIGAN
Private	Edward DZIEDZIC	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Saints Peter and Paul Cem. Plains, Luzerne Co, PENNSYLVANIA
Corporal	James M YOUNG	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
Corporal	Melvin D EDWARDS	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Fort Scott Nat Cem. KANSAS
Private First Class	Walter A SIMMONS	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead
Private	Leonard L BROWN	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Rock Island Nat Cem. ILLINOIS
Private	Donat M PLOURDE	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Sacred Heart Cem. Aroostook Co, MAINE
Private	Edward L JONES	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Cim Am Ardennes Neupre
Private	Manuel R VASQUEZ	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Sicily-Rome Am Nat Cen and Mem. Nettuno Lazio, ITALIE
Private	Joseph C SIRIANI	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - St-John Cem. Middle Village, Queens Co, NEW YORK
Tech 5	John C BERLIN	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
Private	Jack L MARLOW	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead
Private First Class	Frank N GOODALL	parachutist	501^st PIR - 101^st Airborne Division	Dead - Kattellville Cem, Broome Co, NEW YORK

Memorial crasch C47 (Aerosteles.net)