Woodbury County

Oren J. Young

 

 

 

MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE

Charles Adams, Sioux City Boat Club; Melvin J. Shadduck, 2453 McKinley street; Patrick Henry Tracy, 716 33d street; Oren J. Young, 4122 Ridge avenue; and Charles R. Carter, Sergeant Bluff, are receiving preflight training at the San Antonio aviation cadet center, San Antonio, Tex.

Source:  The Sioux City Journal, January 20, 1944

Oren Young, Jr. was born June 15, 1922 to Oren E. and Virginia Rose Edwards Young. He died May 24, 1944 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.

Aviation Cadet Young served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was killed piloting a BT-13A (Basic Trainer) in a stall/spin/loss of control accident in KS.

Source: ancestry.com