| Birth: | Feb. 13, 1921 | | Death: | Jun. 3, 1944 | 
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Private in the United States Army in Company H, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on June 3, 1944 near Valmontone, Italy. His mother was presented the Medal by Gen. Sherman Miles on May 30, 1945 at the Boston Commons, Boston, MA. (bio by: Don Morfe)
Search Amazon for Elden Johnson | | | Burial:
Union Cemetery
Scituate
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Lot 91 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Don Morfe
Record added: Dec 22, 2003
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God bless you on your birthday and always. Rest in Peace.
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Thelma
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Mona Cote
Added: Feb. 11, 2013 |
A Navy ship was named for Pvt. Elden H. Johnson. When Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf was a child headed to Iran, he was aboard that ship. My father, Lt. Col. Homer C. Oakes, was in the Air Force and was transferred to Spain. Our family left New York harbor...(Read more)
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Dinah (Oakes) Thweatt
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