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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Kenneth Edward "Bud"
Date of birth
19 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Orangetown, Rockland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32908714
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
1276th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Andrew S. Johnson (father)
Hazel M. Johnson (mother)
Alice E. Johnson (sister)
Gordon W. Johnson (brother)
Wilhelmina Johnson (wife)
Hazel Johnson (daughter)
Karen Johnson (daughter)
Carl Johnson (son)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Johnson worked in the upholstery business with his mother.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 May 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y., WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten