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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Harold Leslie
Date of birth
6 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Oliver County, North Dakota
Hometown
Peterson, Clay County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37692624
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 16 17

Immediate family

Members
James J. Johnson (father)
Lottie B. (Stetson) Johnson (mother)
Jennie K. Johnson (sister)
Vera I. Johnson (sister)
Helen M. Johnson (sister)
Alvin L. Johnson (brother)
Dwayne H. Johnson (brother)
Lois L. Johnson (sister)
Carmen Johnson (sister)
Everett Johnson (brother)
Loretta Johnson (sister)
Lorraine Johnson (sister)
Pearl G. (Tjaden) Johnson (wife)
Vernon Johnson (son)
Marlene Johnson (daughter)
Ellen Johnson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harold L. Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 23 March 1944.

He is remembered at the Oakland Cemetery, Peterson, Clay County, Iowa.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / Family Tree / Iowa, WWII Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Nancy, Wendy Wittmayer-Davis