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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Edward Earl
Date of birth
11 June 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Lenoir County, North Carolina
Hometown
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34850980
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 December 1945
Place of death
Near Bischwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Leon S. Johnson (father)
Nannie M. (Barwick) Johnson (mother)
Ivey W. Johnson (brother)
Emma M. Johnson (sister)
Leon B. Johnson (brother)
Mildred E. Johnson (sister)
Doris B. Johnson (sister)
Ralph F. Johnson (brother)
Ray M. Johnson (brother)
Kenneth R. Johnson (brother)
Carol B. Johnson (sister)

More information

Pvt Edward E. Johnson worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 21 September 1943.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Howard Johnson, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S, Gary sutton