Rolland C. Johnson

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Coast Guard

Rank:
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class

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

Circumstances:

Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises. This must have been the USS Muskeget (WAG 48)

Biography:

born Aurelia, NDak 14 Oct 19; resident Ward County, NDak; entered USCG Seattle, Wash 5 Aug 40; o/s theater unk; KIA 10 Sep 43 North Atlantic Area; remains not recovered; memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, NY