Glen H. Johnson

Private First Class Glen Henry Johnson photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Steele

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
WPS

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
29th Marine

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
6th Marine Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Okinawa

Biography:

Glen Henry Johnson was born in Hatton, Steele County, North Dakota on November 17, 1924, to Henry Julius and Emma Edwardson Johnson. He entered the United States Marine Corps in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 19, 1944, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Private First Class Johnson was killed in action on May 13, 1945, in Okinawa, Japan. He is buried in Lot 5, Row H-1, Grave 1, Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery (St. John Cemetery), Hatton, North Dakota.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave