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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Harold W
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Washington
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39204547
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
275th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart,
Belgium Croix De Guerre with Palm

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of La Forge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Axel Johnson (father)
Nina Johnson (mother)
Harry Johnson (brother)
Hilda Johnson (sister)
Walter Johnson (brother)
Sylvia Johnson (wife)

More information

Sgt Harold W. Johnson was a graduate from Garfield High School and was employed as an instructor of machinery and woodworking with the National Youth Administration. He was a member of Seattle Aerie No. 1, Eagles. He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 19 March 1943.

He was overseas since November 1944 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Enlistment Record / 1920/1930 Census, http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Seattle Daily Times 2 July 1945