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LAWRENCE, Johnson H - Date of
birth
27 June 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Boyle County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Wayne County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35893623 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 January 1945 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 3 | 22 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Cleo Lawrence (father)
Minnie F. (Oelklaus) Lawrence (mother)
Jack Lawrence (brother)
Kenneth Lawrence (brother)
More information
Pfc. Johnson H. Lawrence enlisted on 31 August 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana.He was originally from Kentucky. He was in the manufacture of automobiles branch before he enlisted. He graduated in 1943 from Richmond High School and had attended Arsenal Technical High School.
In October 1943 given camp assignments by the Public Relations department at Fort Benjamin Harrison he went to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. He received training with the Rainbow Division and was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was first wounded on 30 June 1944 in France and was sent to a hospital. He was released a little more than a month earlier before he was killed in Belgium.
Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records / Kentucky Birth Index / World War II Army Enlistment Records / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – Palladium-Item 4 Oct 1943 and 6 Jun 1943 / The Indianapolis Star 30 Jan 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Indianapolis Star 30 Jan 1945