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Personal info

Full name
JOHNS, Benny
Date of birth
25 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33381410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3209th Quartermaster Service Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Ananias Johns (father)
Cora R. Johns (mother)
Waverley Johns (brother)
Josephine Johns (sister)
Loderick Johns (brother)
Cora Johns (sister)
Lily Johns (sister)
Horace Johns (brother)
Lardell Johns (brother)
Golden M. Johns (sister)
Lyde Johns (brother)

More information

Pvt Benny Johns enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 28 October 1942.

He worked in a kitchen before he enlisted. He was of African American origin.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Denise Robinson - The Legacy of Honor Project, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet