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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Martin A
Date of birth
14 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Gurnee, Lake County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36029222
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem-Schankweiler, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 8

Immediate family

Members
Johan V. Johnson (father)
Ellen M. Peterson (mother)
Manfred V. Johnson (brother)
Ellen V. Johnson (sister)
Lillian R. Johnson (sister)
Ruth H. Johnson (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Martin A. Johnson enlisted in the Regular Army on 24 April 1941.

He graduated from Warren Township and worked in a automobile manufacturing company.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / 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