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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Robert "Bob"
Date of birth
2 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Hart County, Georgia
Hometown
Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34265967
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
69th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Arloncourt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Daniel L. Johnson (father)
Maud A. (Suit) Johnson (mother)
Clayton W. Johnson (brother)
Buren A. Johnson (brother)
Branyon B. Johnson (brother)
Macie R. Johnson (brother)
May A. Johnson (sister)
Myrtle L. Johnson (sister)
Attis C. Johnson (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 21 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Bobbie O'Barr, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - wallo66