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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Kurt Ragnar
Date of birth
14 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Sweden
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36660586
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 12 17

Immediate family

Members
Carl Johnson (father)
Ellen V. Johnson (mother)
Alva Johnson (twin sister)
Gudrun Johnson (sister)
Clara (Broniecki) Johnson (wife)
Corrine Johnson (daughter)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940/1930 Census, Chicago Tribune - 13 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Corinne Johnson