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Raymond Ellis Johnson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

Raymond Ellis Johnson

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

38474354

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1945-03-02

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Li�ge, Belgium

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Raymond Ellis Johnson was born on October 30, 1913, in New Boston, Bowie County, Texas. He was the son of Bige Ellis Johnson and Mary Lou Raney Johnson. He was married to Ella Katherine "Kitty" Jones Johnson. Cpl Johnson served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

Cpl Johnson was Killed in Action on March 2, 1945, in Germany. He is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Li�ge, Belgium.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov