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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Richard Charles
Date of birth
24 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33583307
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amance, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 82

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Johnson (father)
Katie E. (Nachtrieb) Johnson (mother)
Robert F. Johnson (brother)
William C. Johnson (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard C. Johnson attended Benjamin Franklin High School for four years and was employed at the Atlantic Refining Company before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 9 February 1943. He was sent overseas in May 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, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Paul Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 October 1944
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