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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, James Elwood
Date of birth
21 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33720307
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 40

Immediate family

Members
Joseph S. Johnson (father)
Annie (White) Johnson (mother)
Genevieve Johnson (sister)
William Johnson (brother)
Edward Johnson (brother)
Vernon Johnson (brother)
Wilda Johnson (sister)
Kenneth G. Johnson (brother)
Beatrice L. Johnson (sister)

More information

Pvt James E. Johnson attended Fort Hill High School and was employed at Celanese Corporation of America.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 9 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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 / John Willis Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Cumberland Times - 4 March 1945