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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Jarold Wilson
Date of birth
16 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Nebo, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown
Nebo, Pike County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36908251
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Peffingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 20

Immediate family

Members
Orla C. Johnson (father)
Roxie E. (Jennings) Johnson (mother)
Lavon O. Johnson (brother)
Wanda L. Johnson (sister)
Wanita J. Johnson (sister)
Fern M. Johnson (brother)
Kaye R. Johnson (brother)
Louise H. Johnson (sister)
Baby B. Johnson (brother)

More information

Pfc Jarold W. Johnson is remembered in the Crescent Heights Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Illinois.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Adkinson Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum