Walter Parker Johnson

World War I
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Fallen

Hazen, ND

County:
Oliver

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. Sept. 8, 1921, and buried, Grave 2552, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1586 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Oliver county. Born, Iowa Falls, Iowa, Oct. 9, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Center on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 140th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 12, 1918. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).