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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Earl Lawrence
Date of birth
7 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36696725
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry Johnson (father)
Eleanor Johnson (mother)
Henry Johnson (brother)
Ethel Johnson (sister)
Marie Johnson (sister)
Raymond Johnson (brother)
Eleanor Johnson (sister)

More information

Sgt Earl L. Johnson enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 15 February 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire on 24 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - David C. Henderson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy