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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Gilbert Fredrick
Date of birth
31 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Nebraska
Hometown
Axtell, Kearney County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37148781
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Frank O. Johnson (father)
Mable C. (Rapp) Johnson (mother)
Minnie C. Johnson (sister)
Clifford L. Johnson (brother)
Martin L. Johnson (brother)
Frances M. Johnson (sister)
Esther Johnson (sister)
Georgina Johnson (sister)
Beatrice E. Johnson (sister)
Melvin V. Johnson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Gilbert F. Johnson enlisted on 4 March 1942. In pre-service days he served as a armer and a mechanic at Kimball. He trained with an infantry unit at Eureka, California.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Evening Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Evening Journal