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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Edward
Date of birth
4 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama
Hometown
Jackson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34813655
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Sonlez, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 32

Immediate family

Members
William Johnson (father)
Lee (Burrow) Johnson (mother)
Annie Johnson (sister)
Pauline Johnson (sister)
Howard Johnson (brother)
Albert Johnson (brother)
Harvey Johnson (brother)
John Johnson (brother)
Annie M. (Shelton) Johnson (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 5 August 1943.


The assault for the Mill of Sonlez and the village was successful, but 16 men from G Company were killed in action that day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Alabama County Marriage Records, https://standwheretheyfought.jimdo.com/ardennes-2015-the-southern-flank-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge-the-battle-for-sonlez-and-the-sonlez-mill-january-11-1945-then-and-now/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Annette Bradford, standwheretheyfought