Charles Young

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date 1864-03-12
March 12, 1864
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Macon,_Georgia
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Middletown,_Ohio,_USA
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Young_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:10th_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkb:9th_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkbp:death_date 1922-01-08
January 8, 1922
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Laguna_Beach,_California
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkb:West_Point
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African_American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Young
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:African_American_military_officers
gptkbp:known_for Contributions to the National Park Service
Advocacy for African American soldiers
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Pioneer for African Americans in the military
Pioneer for African American military officers
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:Spanish-American_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Philippine-American_War
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Spanish–_American_War
gptkbp:notable_achievement First African American Major in U. S. Army
First African American to serve as a park superintendent
gptkbp:notable_for First African American to lead a battalion in combat
gptkbp:notable_work First African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame
National Park Service designation
Inducted into the National Park Service's Hall of Fame
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkb:Major
gptkb:Colonel
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Mexican_Expedition
gptkb:Philippine–_American_War
gptkb:Spanish–_American_War
gptkbp:service First African American to lead a battalion in combat during World War I
First African American to become a national park superintendent
First African American to graduate from West Point in 1894
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1889-1922
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mabel_Young
Ada Young
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:10th_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkb:The_Negro_in_the_Great_War
gptkb:Buffalo_Soldiers
gptkb:Victor_Young
gptkb:Buffalo_Soldier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5