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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Nathan Jr
Date of birth
10 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ragland, Mingo County, West Virginia
Hometown
Litchfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
35654663
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mook, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Nathan B. Johnson (father)
Myrtle M. (Varney) Johnson (mother)
Pauline E. Johnson (sister)
Eloise Johnson (sister)
Dorothy Johnson (sister)
Myrtle L. Johnson (sister)
Lloyd E. Johnson (brother)
Helen Johnson (sister)
Robert L. Johnson (brother)
Gladys N. Johnson (sister)
Nadine Johnson (sister)
Charles Johnson (brother)

More information

Pvt Nathan Johnson Jr. attended Kermit High School.

He enlisted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas on 23 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Young American Patriots