Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame

CPT Young served his State and Nation for over 40 years demonstrating exceptional skills and dedication as a military leader. He enlisted in Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Infantry in Lawrence on April 3, 1923. He served as a private, corporal, sergeant and staff sergeant in that unit and then transferred to Company H, 137th Infantry on April 23, 1929. He was promoted to first sergeant on March 6, 1931, and transferred to M Company, 137th Infantry on April 6th, 1934, and served in that capacity when the Guard was mobilized on December 23, 1940. On September 27, 1941, he was appointed as captain in the armored forces and served the balance of World War II in that capacity. Following World War II, he resigned his commission and enlisted in the Kansas National Guard as first sergeant of M Company and served continuously in that company and its successor unit, Combat Support Company, until 1960. He was then assigned as sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry and promoted to the grade of sergeant major. He served as Battalion Sergeant Major until his retirement from the Kansas National Guard on September 23, 1963. His career is marked by long years of service and exemplifies his unselfish interest to develop the Guard within his own community. He was instrumental in the reorganization of M Company, 137th Infantry after World War II. Capt. Young died in Lawrence on Jan. 31, 1998 at the age of 94.





			CPT EDWIN S. YOUNG
	CPT Young served his State and Nation for over 40 years demonstrating exceptional skills and dedication as a military leader. He enlisted in Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Infantry in Lawrence on April 3, 1923. He served as a private, corporal, sergeant and staff sergeant in that unit and then transferred to Company H, 137th Infantry on April 23, 1929. He was promoted to first sergeant on March 6, 1931, and transferred to M Company, 137th Infantry on April 6th, 1934, and served in that capacity when the Guard was mobilized on December 23, 1940. On September 27, 1941, he was appointed as captain in the armored forces and served the balance of World War II in that capacity. Following World War II, he resigned his commission and enlisted in the Kansas National Guard as first sergeant of M Company and served continuously in that company and its successor unit, Combat Support Company, until 1960. He was then assigned as sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry and promoted to the grade of sergeant major. He served as Battalion Sergeant Major until his retirement from the Kansas National Guard on September 23, 1963. His career is marked by long years of service and exemplifies his unselfish interest to develop the Guard within his own community. He was instrumental in the reorganization of M Company, 137th Infantry after World War II. Capt. Young died in Lawrence on Jan. 31, 1998 at the age of 94.