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Personal info

Full name
DENTON, Johnie W
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Yolo County, California

Military service

Service number
39424184
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stadtkyll, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 6 19

Immediate family

Members
William J. Denton (father)
Virgie B. (Smith) Denton (mother)
Burnis E. Denton (sister)
Mack H. Denton (brother)
Maxine Denton (sister)
Wanda Denton (sister)
Eddie Denton (brother)

More information

Pvt Johnie W. Denton enlisted in San Fransisco, California on 4 September 1944.

According to his family, he must have been 16 of 17 years of age oo one picture and 13 or 14 on another.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Edward Denton, Brenda Jaro