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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Bluford Barls
Date of birth
27 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Lake Creek, Delta County, Texas
Hometown
Delta County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38048515
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Bronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 49

Immediate family

Members
E.T. Trapp (stepfather)
Bertha Trapp (mother)
Louise Trapp (half sister)
Eugene T. Trapp (half brother)
Milton A. Johnson (brother)
Iva L. Johnson (sister)
Cordellia (Anderson) Johnson (wife)

More information

Pfc Bluford B. Johnson was a puchasing agent.

He enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 17 April 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Paris News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / texnative-s, www.newspapers.com - The Paris News, www.ancestry.com - yin80