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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Ozzie Asbury
Date of birth
27 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Russell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36433767
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 35

Immediate family

Members
Elmer I. Johnson (father)
Ester J. (Roberts) Johnson (mother)
Caville S. (Hale) Johnson (wife)
Betty Ellen Johnson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ozzie A. Johnson enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 28 October 1942. He also served in the Italian Campaign, Operation Market Garden.

Source of information: WW2-Airborne.us, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com

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