Rodger Wilton Young (April 28, 1918 – July 31, 1943) was a United States Army infantryman from Ohio during World War II. Born in the small town of Tiffin, Ohio, in 1932, Young suffered a sports injury in high school that led to his becoming nearly deaf and blind.

The Ballad of Rodger Young is an American war song by Frank Loesser, written and first performed during World War II in March 1945. The ballad is an elegy for Army Private Rodger Wilton Young, who died after rushing a Japanese machine-gun nest on 31 July 1943, [1] and is largely based on the citation for Young's posthumous Medal of Honor.

Among the young soldiers of the Ohio National Guard departing the shores of their homeland for combat in the Pacific, was a small-built, be-speckled young man named Staff Sergeant Rodger Young. The SS President Coolidge transported these fresh troops, most of which were former Ohio National Guardsmen, first to Fiji.

U.S. Army Private Rodger Wilton Young was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II.

Unlike most – or perhaps all – of the other 3,473 Medal of Honor recipients in U.S. history, Rodger Young was deaf. Born in Tiffin, Ohio in 1918, Young was diminutive in stature but big in heart — a gifted athlete whose tenacity more than made up for his lack of physical size.

Roger Arliner Young (1899–1964), American biologist; Rodger Young (1918–1943), American World War II Medal of Honor recipient; Roger Young (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician; Roger Young (director) (born 1942), American television director; Roger Young (rugby union) (born 1943), Ireland and British Lions player

Jul 13, 2016 · But Rodger Young, for all his diminutive height and unprepossessing appearance, was a courageous soldier and a true hero. Rodger Young gave his life to save his fellow platoon members on New Georgia in 1943, and for this he was …

Dec 13, 2019 · Who was Rodger Young, and who wrote the stirring music and lyrics? Young was born on April 28, 1918 in Ohio. Of small and thin stature, only 5 feet, 2 inches, he was athletic and competitive.

Sergeant Rodger Wilton Young was a U.S. Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during World War II.

Roger Young. Director: Joseph. Roger Young grew up on his Grandfather's farm, and in the town of Mahomet, Illinois. Population 850. At age thirteen he moved to the big town of Bloomington, Illinois, where he learned to play pool, compete on the swim team, and circle the Steak-n-Shake in his buddy's '57 Chevy.