Age 82, Lawton - Services will be 2:00 PM Friday, May 16, 2008 in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Sergeant Younger died Wednesday in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born on September 15, 1925 in Bowlegs, Oklahoma to John L. and Cora (Stewart) Younger. He grew up in Artesia, New Mexico and enlisted into the US Army on April 23, 1948. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and retired on November 30, 1972. He received numerous medals including the Combat Infantryman's Badge, World War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal (Japan), Korean Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Badge, National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, United Nations Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal (6th Award), Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device and four Overseas Service Bars. He married De Bragg in Fort Smith, Arkansas on December 27, 1951. He graduated from Cameron University with a Bachelor of Science Degree and taught at Cache and Elmer, Oklahoma. He enjoyed gardening and was an avid woodworker. He operated his own lawn care service for many years. Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Patrick Younger and Karen of Cape Coral, Florida, and Michael Younger and Patricia of Aurora, Colorado; a daughter and son-in-law, Michele Mertz and Michael of McKinney, Texas; a sister, Patricia Younger of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; and four grandchildren, John Lawrence Younger and his wife, Carlota, Tiffany Marie Younger, Michael Patrick Younger, and Stewart Bragg Younger-Mertz. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75231 or to the Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, PO Box 2074, Lawton, Oklahoma 73502.