Veterans Listings for: VETERANS LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISH, LA. Surname Y Last Modified and submitted: 25 Jul 2013 by Christine “Chris” Tidwell "CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH:" 30 Jun 2013 Source: Much of the information contained in this Veterans file was researched, Processed, and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle. In order to assure that the Veterans table that was being maintained on the La Societe des Cajuns Society website will continue to be available to users, it has been converted to a format that can be displayed on the GenWeb Archives sites for Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish by Christine Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle, with additional update information having been added by them and will be updated periodically. Please refer to the biographical section http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/biograph.htm for a short tribute to three men who had a desire to preserve and make available to those who follow, information about the history and life in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm ============================================================================= Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings. South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books) Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books) South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books) Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources) Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources) U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources) Find a Grave (internet) They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet) ============================================================================= Notes: Layout of file consists of the following information Line 1 – veterans name Line 2 & 3 is the veterans birth and death date. (if *** is found in lines 2 & 3 means that the date is unknown.) Line 4 – is the rank, type of military and unit Line 5 – is the cemetery if known. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete. ============================================================================= Different Wars and time periods: 1. 1900-1902 The Philippine Insurrection (aka Philippine War it really was an INSURRECTION as the Philippines were uprising against its new US rulers). 2. WWI (1917 for the US-1918). 3. WWII (1941-1945). 4. Korean War (1950-1953). 5. Vietnam War (1961-1975). 6. Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada-1983). 7. Operation Just Cause (Panama-1989). 8. Operation Desert Storm (Iraq-Jan/Feb 1991). 9. Operation Restore Hope (Somalia 1992/1993). 10. Operations in Bosnia (1995- ?). 11. Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2001- ) 12. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq 2003- ) ============================================================================= Military Ranks: Refer to http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/index.asp Abbreviations: http://www.spanamwar.com/genealogy5abbrev.htm *** or (blank) = information not available ============================================================================= Note: Female Veterans if they are/were married their married name appears at the end of the Veterans name in ( ). Veterans surname will always appear first unless not given then the given name will be used. ============================================================================= Yancey, Ernest James 12 Sep 1923 29 Feb 2012 US Coast Guard – US Navy St. Francis de Sales No. 2 Cemetery – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Yancey, Gordon Allan 1916 28, Aug 2005 US Air Force WW II St. Mary – Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Ybarzabal, Miguel Joseph Jr. 25 Jan 1920 11 Aug 1978 Pvt US Army WW II Troop B, 8th Eng. Sqd. Our Lady of Prompt Succor – Golden Meadow __________________________________________________________________ Yeager, David W. 26 Apr 1925 21 Oct 1982 F1 US Navy WW II St. Louis Cemetery – Bayou Blue __________________________________________________________________ Yeager, George Kavanaugh 31 Oct 1930 2 Aug 2009 Pvt US Army Garden of Memories – Gray __________________________________________________________________ Yelverton, Don Junior 7 Jan 1950 31 Mar 1968 (Vietnam) E4 US Army Vietnam B CO, 1st BN, 502nd INF, 101st ABN DIV, USARV (From Houma) __________________________________________________________________ Young, James G. 17 Apr 1946 13 Jan 2006 US Navy No burial info native of Arkansas resident of Houma __________________________________________________________________ Young, John G. 30 Apr 1923 18 Aug 1978 BMC US Navy WW II & Korea Rogers Cemetery - Houma __________________________________________________________________ Young, John William 31 Oct 1917 27 Dec 1982 PFC US Army WW II St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Young, Leroy Joseph 19 Jul 1933 23 Jan 1968 (Vietnam) La SSGT US Army Vietnam PH St. James Cemetery – Gibson __________________________________________________________________ Young, Marion “M.O.” 1923 16 Jun 2010 US WW II St. Francis de Sales No. 2 – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Youngblood, John M. 3 Dec 1964 5 Dec 1995 A2C US Navy Persian Gulf St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________