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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, James Daniel
Date of birth
7 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida
Hometown
Lisman, Choctaw County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14131020
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
Weapons Platoon - Machine Gun Section
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In or near the Weser Hills, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 18 3

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Johnson (father)
Abner R. Stewart (stepfather)
Mattie (Philips) Stewart (mother)
Joe Johnson (brother)
Joseph H. Johnson (brother)
Sadie E. Stewart (stepsister)

More information

Pfc James D. Johnson attended college for one year.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at the University of Alabama on 11 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded 1944-1946, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, University of Alabama yearbook, 1943