The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert L. Young
Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Date of Death
October 31, 1952
Private Young was a medic with the Medical Company, 224th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. On October 31, 1952, he was attached to Company B and was tending his wounded comrades on "Heartbreak Ridge" in North Korea when he was mortally wounded by an enemy mortar shell.