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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Roy Edison
Date of birth
17 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Triadelphia, Ohio County, West Virginia
Hometown
Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
35237443
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Earl G. Johnson (father)
Alice M. (Robinson) Johnson (mother)
Harold F. Johnson (brother)
Oliver W. Johnson (brother)
Eleanor M. Johnson (sister)
Robert R. Johnson (brother)
Willis E. Johnson (brother)

More information

Pvt Roy E. Johnson attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 13 July 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the chest and face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Moler McClure Ancestors / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery