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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, John Edward
Date of birth
1 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Milton, Sussex County, Delaware
Hometown
Milton, Sussex County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
42081902
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Eitelsbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 29

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel Johnson (father)
Elizabeth (Roach) Johnson (mother)
Clifford L. Johnson (brother)
Thomas J. Johnson (brother)
James T. Johnson (brother)
Amanda A. Johnson (sister)
Elvira E. (Legates) Johnson (wife)
John E. Johnson (son)
Norma J. Johnson (daughter)
Vivian Johnson (daughter)
Donald Johnson (son)
Richard Johnson (son)
Milton N. Johnson (son)
Delores Johnson (daughter)
Stewart Johnson (son)

More information

Pvt John E. Johnson attended high school for two years and was a truck driver before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 20 December 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the abdomen.

Source of information: André Koch, IDPF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Delaware Public Archives