John T. Johnson

Technician Third Grade John Theodore Johnson grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Technician 3rd Grade

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Medical Detachment

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
99th Infantry Battalion

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Belgium

Biography:

John Theodore Johnson was born in Bergen, McHenry County, North Dakota on June 4, 1907, to Marcus Adolph Johnson and Clara Berthine Haugen. He entered the United States Army in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota on April 10, 1942.  Technician Third Grade Johnson served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and was killed in action on January 7, 1945, in Malmedy, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liege, Belgium. He is buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Bergen, McHenry County, North Dakota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave