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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Joseph Robert
Date of birth
5 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Potter, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
Hometown
Potter, Cheyenne County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37710430
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Hartungshof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 66

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Johnson (father)
Gyretha J. Johnson (mother)

More information

Pvt Joseph R. Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com
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