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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Ivin Claude
Date of birth
18 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Kemah, Galveston County, Texas
Hometown
Galveston County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38541259
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 8

Immediate family

Members
Mark D. Johnson (father)
Ella M. (Dick) Johnson (mother)
Rosa Johnson (sister)
Harvin Johnson (brother)
Mattie Johnson (sister)
Walter Johnson (brother)
Arlin D. Johnson (brother)
Mark D. Johnson (brother)
June V. Johnson (sister)
Ruth (Fielder) Johnson (wife)
Charles F. Johnson (son)

More information

Pvt Ivin C. Johnson was employed at Galveston Public Schools.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxenbourg American Cemetery