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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Arthur Donald
Date of birth
12 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37694210
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Fossieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 103

Immediate family

Members
Edward T. Johnson (father)
Laura V. (Reid) Johnson (mother)
Glen E. Johnson (brother)
Harold R. Johnson (brother)
Ralph J. Johnson (brother)
Helen (Cuningham) Johnson (wife)
Mary E. Johnson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Arthur D. Johnson enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 31 March 1944 and was sent overseas on 15 September 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Helen Cuningham, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa Births and Christenings Index / My Musselman Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com – Sioux City Journal 28 October 1944
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com – Mary E Cole, www.newspapers.com – Sioux City Journal 28 October 1944