Navy ITC Donald McArthur Young of Roanoke, Va., was killed during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11. He was 41.
In high school, Donald McArthur Young was the football player who got the scholarship to college, the "cool guy" whom all the girls liked, remembered his football coach George Miller.
"He was a good kid, really dedicated not only to athletics but academics as well," Miller said.
He joined the ROTC at William Fleming High School in Roanoke, Va., and stayed involved, even while he played football on a scholarship at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.
After graduating, Young joined the Navy because he felt it was his duty to work for his country, Miller said. The 41-year-old Young was working as an information systems technician in the Pentagon when he was killed.
"It was important for him to do what he could for his country," Miller said. "I think his wife (Felicia) wanted him to quit, but he didn't. He loved America that much. And he wound up dying for his country."
Home of Record: Roanoke, Virginia
Enlisted: Richmond, Virginia, December 2, 1980
Rank: Chief Information Systems Technician
Date of Rank: August 16, 1997
Age: 41
Duty Stations:
Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. — 12/80 - 02/81
USS Illusive (MSO 448) — 04/81 - 04/85
Naval Communication Area Master Station Atlantic, Naval Station Norfolk, Va. — 05/85 - 04/87
USS McCandless (FF 1084) — 05/87 - 12/88
Naval Station Philadelphia, Pa. — 12/88 - 02/89
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) — 03/89 - 07/91
Naval Telecommunications Center, Virginia Beach, Va. — 08/91 - 07/94
Commander Amphibious Group ONE — 08/94 - 02/96
USS Briscoe (DD 977) — 03/96 - 02/97
USS Bataan (LHD 5) — 03/97 - 07/99
Chief of Naval Operations Washington, D.C. — 09/00 -
Awards and Decorations: Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3), National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal (2), Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), Meritorious Unit Commendation.