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Jack Bernard Young
Petty Officer First Class
B CO, 1ST MED BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF United States Navy Clendenin, West Virginia October 03, 1930 to March 11, 1969 JACK B YOUNG is on the Wall at Panel W29, Line 17 |
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PO1 JACK BERNARD YOUNG
PO1 JACK BERNARD YOUNG
PO1 JACK BERNARD YOUNG
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My wonderful father, whom I don't remember, gave his all on March 11, 1969 ... I was 2 years old. He had already served his country in the Korean War on the USS Missouri, but he VOLUNTEERED to go to Vietnam with a detachment of Marines in November 1968. He was a talented guitar player, singer ... and loved his wife and 4 children (with me being his baby by 10 years ... a "gift from God" as they said). He had lied about his age to enlist early at the age of 17, so he was a "lifer". He once saved a fellow shipmate when a boiler broke, and my dad, in his underwear in the middle of the night, went in and saved his shipmate from being fatally burned ... he received a commendation from their commanding officer. My father will ALWAYS be my hero, though I will always miss never having a single memory of him. I love you, Daddy!
Patty Abel |
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