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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSTON, Francis Floyd
Date of birth
30 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Ashland, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38675467
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Longeville-les-St. Avold, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 36 23

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Johnston (father)
Ethel O. (Baggett) Johnston (mother)
Gelda L. Johnston (sister)
Virginia L. (McElroy) Johnston (wife)
Francis O. Johnston (daughter)
Robert J. Johnston (son)

More information

Pvt Francis F. Johnston was a truck driver employed by Heldt Brothers before he enlisted at Fort Sam, Texas on 25 April 1944.
He was killed by a artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
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