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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSTON, William Reynolds
Date of birth
4 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Easterly, Robertson County, Texas
Hometown
Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38368694
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Toul, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 38

Immediate family

Members
Dee E. Johnston (father)
Ola O. (Reynolds) Johnston (mother)
Bedford D. Johnston (brother)
Elmer J. Johnston (brother)
Jay W. Johnston (brother)

More information

Pfc William R. Johnston attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Abilene, Texas on 17 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - James Durham / Kent D Myrick
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