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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, John C
Date of birth
11 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Sturgeon, Boone County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37520925
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 13 23

Immediate family

Members
James R. Johnson (father)
Lona A. (Meeks) Johnson (mother)
Arthur L. Johnson (brother)
Lucy I. Johnson (sister)
Earl Johnson (brother)
Carl E. Johnson (brother)
Wilma L. Johnson (sister)
Mary M. Johnson (sister)
Virgil Johnson (brother)
William F. Johnson (brother)
James E. Johnson (brother)

More information

Pfc John C. Johnson was sent overseas in June 1944 and had just returned to his company after being wounded in action when he was killed.

His brother, T/4 Carl E. Johnson, also served in Europe, his brother, Pfc Virgil Johnson, was stationed in the U.S. and his brother, Pfc Wm. F. Johnson, served with the U.S. Marines in the South Pacific at that time.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Moberly Monitor-Index / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com, Moberly Monitor-Index