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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Thurman Alvin
Date of birth
15 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cooke County, Texas
Hometown
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38532706
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Near Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 18 4

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Johnson (father)
Rena L. (Husdon) Johnson (mother)
Elmer W. Johnson (brother)
C.E. Johnson (brother)
Robert H. Johnson Jr. (brother)
Garland Johnson (brother)
Hazel P. Johnson (wife)

More information

Pvt Thurman Johnson was employed at the Leonard Brothers store before he enlisted in September 1943.

He joined his unit on 22 June 1944 and was lightly wounded on 29 June 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Pfc Johnson's brother, T/Sgt. C.E. Johnson, was killed in August 1944 as a crew member of the 780th Bomber Squadron based in Pantanella, Italy. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, MACR 11266, Wes Johnson

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Wes Johnson