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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Robert Bruce
Date of birth
11 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Arcadia, Carroll County, Iowa
Hometown
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37683033
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riquewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 1

Immediate family

Members
Robert E. Johnson (father)
Alice W. Johnson (mother)
Ross Johnson (brother)
Susan Johnson (sister)
Margori J. Johnson (sister)
Byron L. Johnson (brother)
Marilyn Johnson (sister)
Ellen J. Johnson (sister)
Joanne Johnson (sister)
Frances I. (Warner) Johnson (wife)
Bruce W. Johnson (son)

More information

Pvt Robert B. Johnson attended high school for four years and was a clerk employed by the A.P. Tea Company before he enlisted on 13 December 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his face.

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 / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy