Young, Oscar Lee

1920 - 1999  (79 years)

• Name	Young, Oscar Lee
  Birth	27 Feb 1920  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	YOUN.O001
  _FGRAVE	9984702
  Military Service	World War II, Private, United States Army  [1, 2]
  		Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois (East Side) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois (East Side, Right Panel) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	3 Nov 1999  [1]
  Burial	Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Will County, Illinois   [1]
  	Plot: Sect 1 Site 1452
  		Headstone, Young, Oscar Lee
  		Headstone, Young, Oscar Lee
  Person ID	I33245	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Will County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10264] (Reliability: 2). [S7572] Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, photo by Carl Wayne Gray, 02 Sep 2015) (Reliability: 2).