Thomas Dudley Young
Sergeant
A TRP, 2ND SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV Army of the United States Mc Minnville, Tennessee October 08, 1949 to December 15, 1970 THOMAS D YOUNG is on the Wall at Panel W6, Line 124 |
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17 Sep 2005
Dear Tommy, I just spoke with your sister down in Florida and even though I never met her we had a great chat about you. I was looking for your memorial on this site and couldn't find one so that just wasn't going to do!! You gave your young life for your country and you left far too young. I am so sorry that you couldn't live out your life as I have. I went to Vietnam about a month after you died and put in my year in the Infantry and was in Recon most of my tour. As time marches on I have made it my business to try and make sure you and the guys I served with aren't forgotten. You were a special kind of guy and a great basketball player. I can still see your kid-like face with that little smile you always had. I know you are with God and now your mom has finally gotten to be with her little boy once more. God Bless you, Tommy Young.
Your friend,
Larry M. Pistole, SP4 Squad Leader, Recon 1/46th, 196th Light Infantry Brigade Republic of Vietnam, 1971 flytiger@bealenet.com |
10 May 2006
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15 Jan 2007
It is with great gratitude and pride that I am offered the opportunity to write on this memorial for Tommy Young. Although I did not know Tommy, I had the privilege of knowing his family and realizing the tremendous love and sacrifice they suffered when they lost him. I have been a part of this family for thirty years. His mother was one of the most kind and honorable persons one could ever meet and she loved her son more than life itself. When one soldier is lost, an entire nation grieves. It is a loss that never leaves a family or a country. I hope this wall and the thoughts placed here can bring a sense of pride and peace for the family of Tommy Young and all other veterans and their families that may wish to read it. Tommy would have been my husband's big brother today. He still is although he is not here with us. He will be my husband's protector until the day he dies as he was our country's defender and protector. May God bless and keep all soldiers safe and out of harm's way and may those who came home realize that those things that happen in War are forgiven for whatever they are they are extraordinary circumstances that no mortal should have to judge. May God bless the Vietnam and other war veterans always. D. Carlene Julian cjulian@julianmortgage.com |
Sergeant Thomas "Tommy" Dudley Young was survived by his mother Ardith Ethel (Payne) Young (1921-2000), father Thomas "Tom" Young (1924-1981), and brother Michael D. Young. They are buried in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. - - The Virtual Wall, 27 January 2020
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