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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Alex
Date of birth
29 April 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina
Hometown
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33027997
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
389th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 May 1945
Place of death
Fürth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 14 35

Immediate family

Members
Edward Johnson (father)
Alice J. (Hunter) Johnson (mother)

More information

Pfc Alex Johnson was a kitchen worker before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 14 March 1941.

He died from the effects of alcohol poisoning.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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