YOUNG, Emery C. Jr.

1923 - 1944  (21 years)

• Name	YOUNG, Emery C.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	24 Feb 1923	Illinois
  Gender	Male
  CENSUS	4 Apr 1930	Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL   [1]
  		Census: 1930 U.S. - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL Roll 533; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 488.0
  CENSUS	30 Apr 1940	Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL   [2]
  	Listed as Junior In school, sophomore high school
  		Census: 1940 U.S. - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL; Roll: T627_839; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 55-31
  Died	22 Mar 1944	Mount Thumb, Papua New Guinea
  	Died in a World War II when the B-24D Liberator code-named "Weezie" (Serial Number 42-41081) on which Emory was a passenger crashed into Mount Thumb, Papua New Guinea (PNG) en route from Jackson or 7 Mile Drome airfield at Port Moresby, PNG to Nadzab Airfield, PNG on 22 Mar 1944. The entire crew was declared dead shortly after and later memorialized on tablets of the missing at the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Phillipes. The location of the crash site remained a mystery until April 1982 when local villagers led a team from the Army's Honolulu-based Central Identification Laboratory to the site. The team recovered fewer than 1000 bones, but using DNA were able to positively identify the remains of the three flight crew and all nineteen passengers including 2nd Lt. Emory C. Young. The complete story is documented in Susan Sheehan's A Missing Plane (Berkley, 1987, ISBN-10: 0425105539)
  Buried	Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL
  	Memorial also located at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (aka Fort William McKinley Cemetery), Manila, Phillipines
  		Headstone: Young, Emory C., Jr. 1923-1944 Plot: Section 3
  Person ID	I1010	Main
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	YOUNG Emory Cosler,   b. 1 Apr 1890, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL ,   d. 5 Sep 1958  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	SMITH Carrie M.,   b. 16 Mar 1901,   d. 26 Aug 1967, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL  (Age 66 years)
  Married	May 14, 1922  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		CENSUS - 4 Apr 1930 - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 30 Apr 1940 - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL Died - 22 Mar 1944 - Mount Thumb, Papua New Guinea Buried - - Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Emory Cosler Young Jr, 1923-1944

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Census: 1930 U.S. - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Roll 533; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 488.0 (Reliability: 3), 4 Apr 1930. [S311] Census: 1940 U.S. - Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), Roll: T627_839; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 55-31 (Reliability: 2), 30 Apr 1940. [S32] Obituary: Young, Carrie - 1967, (The Daily Journal (Macomb, IL, Aug 28, 1967)) (Reliability: 2), 28 Aug 1967. On May 14, 1922, she married Emery C. Young. [S17] Obituary: Young, Carrie (Reliability: 2), 27 Aug 1967. On May 14, 1922 she married Emery C. Young.