Gerald V. Johnson

Vintage oval portrait of Private Gerald V. Johnson from Hettinger, North Dakota.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Hettinger, ND


County:
Adams

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 11, 1918.

Buried, Grave 4, Row 13, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1552 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered, Adams county. Born, Lake Odessa, Mich., Fed. 27, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Hettinger on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery D, 338th Field Artillery to April 1, 1918; Company G, 326th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 1, 1918. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).