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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Floyd Truman
Date of birth
13 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34509023
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
633rd Quartermaster Laundry Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of the Julia Mine, Eygelshoven, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 5 2

Immediate family

Members
James L. Johnson (father)
Mattie F. (Gleaves) Johnson (mother)
James E. Johnson (brother)
Herman D. Johnson (brother)
Johnnie M. Johnson (sister)
Lewis E. johnson (brother)
Alene Johnson (sister)
Mamie C. Johnson (sister)
Pauline Johnson (sister)
Margaret E. Johnson (sister)
Martha F. Johnson (sister)

More information

During a German aerial attack on a mess hall in the area of the Julia Mine, seventeen servicemen and an employee of the mine were killed.

Pfc Johnson is commemorated on a Remembrance Plaque in Eygelshoven, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://forum.12oclockhigh.net, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ben Savelkoul