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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Harold Raymond
Date of birth
8 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32868089
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 10 9

Immediate family

Members
Edwin Johnson (father)
Ada P. (Knight) Johnson (mother)
Frances Johnson (stepmother)
Edwin K. Johnson (brother)
Geraldine Johnson (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold R. Johnson enlisted in New York City, New York on 19 March 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery