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Unknown Soldier Chosen Blindly by Army Sergeant Younger
Edward F Younger, a 20-year-old from Chicago, selected one of four WWI fallen soldiers as the Unknown Soldier in Chalons Sur Marne after shuffling caskets. He says his choice was random, with no reasoning, and later attended Memorial Day ceremonies in Washington as a representative of veterans groups. He served in the Ninth Infantry and was wounded twice in the Meuse-Argonne campaign.
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Chicago
France
Edward F. Younger
Fifteenth Infantry
Germany
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Ninth Infantry
Regular Army
Veaux
Meuse-Argonne
Poland
Philippines
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Paris
Havre
Olympic
Allen
Washington Post
Columbia Post
Washington, D. C
Chicago Post Office