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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Melvin Milton
Date of birth
10 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36667711
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferdrupt Rupt-sur-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 69

Immediate family

Members
Otto Johnson (father)
Magda Johnson (mother)
Kermit Johnson (brother)

More information

Pvt Melvin M. Johnson attended high school for four years and was employed by the Montgomery Ward & Co. when he enlisted on 10 May 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to the thorax.

He is remembered on a monument in Rupt, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy