WWII REPATRIATION- Sgt. Charles E. Young Jr.

United States Army, Sgt. Charles E. Young Jr., 32, of Los Angeles, California, was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was returned home to be laid to rest 82 years following his death.
In late 1941, Young was a member of the 429th Signal Maintenance Company (Aviation), U.S. Army, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Young was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death Young and then held at the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Young died July 16, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 316.
In 2018, as part of the Cabanatuan Project, DPAA exhumed the remains associated with Common Grave 316 and sent them to the DPAA laboratory for analysis. To identify Young’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
Let us #neverforget the sacrifices of our military who have given all for generations and generations!