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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Frank Asbury
Date of birth
11 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa
Hometown
Clay County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37666953
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
726th Bombardment Squadron,
451st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
22 August 1944
Place of death
Papa, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 55

Immediate family

Members
A. L. Johnson (father)
Elizabeth (Christman) Johnson (mother)
Corrine Johnson (sister)
Helen Johnson (sister)
Constance L. (Erickson) Johnson (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Frank A. Johnson worked in a laundry before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on 25 March 1943.

The plane was shot down by German fighters over Papa, Hungary.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Great Niece, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten