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From first marriage:<br>
 
From first marriage:<br>
 
William Grant Young<br>​
 
William Grant Young<br>​
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'''From second marriage''':<br>
 
Ashley Young Munnerlyn<br>​
 
Ashley Young Munnerlyn<br>​
 
Charles Anthony Young<br>
 
Charles Anthony Young<br>
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University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]<br>
 
University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]<br>
 
University of Louisiana at Monroe​
 
University of Louisiana at Monroe​
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|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>
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(17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment)
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|serviceyears=1942-1945
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|battles/wars=European Theater of [[World War II]], including the [[Battle of the Budge]].
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|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
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The Army Good Conduct Medal<br>
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The American Campaign Medal<br>
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European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal<br>
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World War II Victory Medal<br>
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The Air Medal.
 
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Young worked in [[Louisiana]] state government from 1965, when he was an aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], until 1999. His greatest impact iwas the establishment of [[alcohol]] treatment programs throughout the Department of Health and Hospitals.​
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Young worked in [[Louisiana]] state government from 1965, when he was an aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], until 1999. His greatest impact was the establishment of [[alcohol]] treatment programs throughout the Department of Health and Hospitals.​
 
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Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to the former Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​
 
Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to the former Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​
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In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the Rhine River Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veterans.<ref name=obit/>​
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In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the Rhine River Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans.<ref name=obit/>​
    
Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>​
 
Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>​
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