ND Veterans Affairs News: State

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

born Boston, Mass 6 Nov 18; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered US Navy Pensacola, Fla 26 Nov 40; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 17 Aug 44 France; buried in Section C, Block 3, Grave 7769, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.

born Fargo, NDak 9 Sep 17; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 5 Nov 42 Guadalcanal; buried in Soldiers Plot, Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, NDak.

born Hettinger County, NDak 14 Jun 20; resident Hettinger County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 2 Jul 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 31 Mar 43 North Africa Area; buried in Sunny Slope Cemetery, Mott, NDak.

born Pembina, NDak 2 Feb 17; resident Walsh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 28 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 11 Jun 44 France; buried in Plot 1, Row 8, Grave 144, Cherbourg, France,

Mayo Leifur Johnson was born in Pembina, Pembina County, North Dakota on May 26, 1922, to Gunnlaugur Tryggvi "Gunni" Johnson and Victoria Gudbjorg Leifur Johnson. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on November 19, 1942, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Second Lieutenant Johnson was killed in action on November 5, 1944, in Luxembourg, Germay. Burial is Riverside Cemetery, Southpark Section W, Lot 106, Fargo, North Dakota.

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.

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.

born Grand Forks, NDak 1 Aug 16; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Grand Forks, NDak 1 Jun 38; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 2 Nov 42 Philipine Islands; buried in 1st Addition, Lot 3, Grave 3, Section 265, Memorial Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak,

born Rushford, Minn 13 Sep 16; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 28 Apr 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 14 Apr 45 Biak Island, New Guniea; buried in Plot 1, East of Section 4, Rushford Lutheran Cemetery, Rushford, Minn.