Captain Cassin Young (killed in action)

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Medal of Honor recipient New Orleans-class heavy cruiser United States Navy officer human naval battle

Captain Cassin Young was a decorated U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II while commanding the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

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Captain Cassin Young (killed in action) canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ New Orleans-class heavy cruiser ⓘ United States Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Medal of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	combat wounds ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1894-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1942-11-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName	Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Cassin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Captain ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
memorializedBy	USS Cassin Young (DD-793) NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
notableWork	actions during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath	off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands ⓘ
positionHeld	commanding officer of USS San Francisco ⓘ commanding officer of USS Vestal ⓘ
reasonForAward	extraordinary heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
serviceNumber	unknown ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shipCommanded	USS San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Vestal NERFINISHED ⓘ

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USS San Francisco (CA-38) → commandingOfficerAtGuadalcanal → Captain Cassin Young (killed in action) ⓘ