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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Wilford Calvin
Date of birth
13 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Basalt, Bingham County, Idaho
Hometown
Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39466942
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 44 32

Immediate family

Members
Wilford C. Johnson (father)
Edith I. (Rowley) Johnson (mother)
Carma I. Johnson (sister)
Genevieve E. Johnson (sister)
Calta L. Johnson (sister)
Donald D. Johnson (brother)
Melvin L. Johnson (brother)
Kenneth L. Johnson (brother)
Bobby Johnson (brother)
Allen L. Johnson (brother)

More information

Pfc Wilford C. Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 28 July 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire and artillery shell fragments in his chest and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Johnny History
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Lolo