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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Hugh Dorsey
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Spalding County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14006885
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Motor Sergeant
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
111th Evacuation Hospital
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 12 6

Immediate family

Members
Sam Johnson (father)
Minnie Johnson (mother)
Earlton M. Johnson (brother)
Ruby R. Johnson (sister)
Alfred W. Johnson (brother)
Dorothy (Howell) Johnson (wife)
Hugh G. Johnson (son)

More information

Last Duty Location: Linnich, Germany VK 97 65 on 7 December 1944.
Sgt Hugh D. Johnson, U.S. Army, was killed in action December 7, according from the war department by his wife, the former Dorothy Howell.

In addition to his wife he is survived by a two year old son, Hugh Glendon Johnson; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson, Milner, GA.; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Barksdale Milner, Ga.; a brother, Sgt Alfred M. Johnson somewhere in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.newspapers.com - Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 12 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten