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First Lieutenant Russell T Johnson

Name Russell T Johnson
Rank First Lieutenant
Army Serial # O-1320129
State Illinois
Date of death 1944-08-22
Plot, Row, Grave H, 16, 16
Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France, Google Maps
Role MOS 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
Unit I Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Remarks First Lieutenant Russel was a member of I Company. The morning report for August 22, 1944 on page 25 lists him as killed in action on the same date. The page can be se en below.

Erwin Derhaag provided a newspaper article on his death that can be seen below.
Documents - The Augustana Observer (Rock Island, Illnois), September 21, 1944, page 1
- Morning report August 22, 1944, I Company, 330th IR, page 25
Grave Soldier
Russell T Johnson (O-1320129) Russell T Johnson (O-1320129)


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