Name:
Melvin Elwood Johnson
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
292576
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Idaho
Cemetery:
Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
Plot:
Division 1
Row:
21, Lot 092
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Comments:
Melvin Elwood Johnson was born on June 8, 1920. He was the son of Thomas Charles Johnson and Josephine Pisell Eller.
He served in Company B, 2nd Aviation Engineer Battalion, United States Marine Corps as a Corporal during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.