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JOHNSON, Everett Grant - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown -
Place of birth
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho -
Hometown
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-815154 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
555th Bombardment Squadron,
386th Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 October 1944 - Place of
death
Rethondes, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 3 | 67 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas H. Johnson (father)
Anna M. (Nielson) Johnson (mother)
Helen M. Johnson (sister)
Marjorie L. (Singletary) Johnson (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-34946 -
Data
Type: B-26C
Nickname: The Yankee Guerilla
Destination: Düren, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a military installation
MACR: 15252
More information
2nd Lt Johnson graduated from Pocatello High School and attended the University of Idaho. He was employed by the Mitchell Radio Shop as a serviceman.He received his flying training at Barkesdale, Louisiana and was commissioned a second lieutenant on 3 November 1943. He was married Miss Marjorie L. Singletary on 4 November 1943.
He was sent overseas in June 1944.
Statement from Maj Herbert Lowe:
"On 5 October 1944 1st Lt William Flinn II was flying as Pilot in B-26 aircraft #41-34946 comprising a formation which was dispatched to attack a military installation in Southwestern Germany, Düren Barracks Area. Upon the return trip to France Lt Flinn encountered difficulty in handling the aircraft which eventually became separated from the formation and later crashed into a vacant French home at Rethondes five miles northwest of Compiegne."
2nd Lt Everett G. Johnson was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.
A memorial in Rethondes, France commemorates the aircrew of this crash.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Post-Register
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Pocatello High School Yearbook 1940, The Homewood Cemetery