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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Walter Glen
Date of birth
17 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
East McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33264918
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Eupen area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 37

Immediate family

Members
Alfred A. Johnson (father
Martha C. Johnson (mother)
Ethel M. Johnson (sister
Charles E. Johnson (brother)
Elizabeth M. Johnson (wife)

More information

Sgt Walter G. Johnson enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 2 May 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet