1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Hallie L. Johnson, aged 29, foreman construction company, bp ID, father CA, mother MO; Ethel G. aged 27, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 7; Dorothy J. aged 5 -- both born CA.
1930 census Chico, Butte, CA: Ethel Johnson, aged 38, widow, hotel pastry cook, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 17; Dorothy aged 15 -- both born CA, father ID, mother OR.
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Gordon died in the crash landing of his B 24 "Seafood Mama" -a member of the 321 Jolly Roger Squadron-after completing a mission in Papua, New Guinea. Service in the Pacific Theatre.
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Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, March 3, 1948, pg 11 col 1: Chico War Dead Will Be Buried Next Weekend. Chico (Butte Co.), March 3 – Four of Chico’s returned war dead – Staff Sergeant Gordon C. Johnson, Private First Class Harold C. Fisher, First Sergeant Earl L. Watson and Private First Class Floyd Morris Meinberg – will be buried in the Chico Cemetery Friday and Saturday.
Sergeant Johnson, the son of Mrs. Ethyl Johnson of Chico, will be buried Friday at 3 P.M. after services in the Huddleston Funeral Chapel under the direction of Chico Post No. 17, American Legion, with Rev. L.G. Morony, post chaplain officiating. A sister, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, also of Chico, survives. He was a tail gunner on a B24 bomber when killed.
Interment on March 3, 1948, per Chico Cemetery Association Records.
1930 census Chico, Butte, CA: Ethel Johnson, aged 38, widow, hotel pastry cook, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 17; Dorothy aged 15 -- both born CA, father ID, mother OR.
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Gordon died in the crash landing of his B 24 "Seafood Mama" -a member of the 321 Jolly Roger Squadron-after completing a mission in Papua, New Guinea. Service in the Pacific Theatre.
~~~
Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, March 3, 1948, pg 11 col 1: Chico War Dead Will Be Buried Next Weekend. Chico (Butte Co.), March 3 – Four of Chico’s returned war dead – Staff Sergeant Gordon C. Johnson, Private First Class Harold C. Fisher, First Sergeant Earl L. Watson and Private First Class Floyd Morris Meinberg – will be buried in the Chico Cemetery Friday and Saturday.
Sergeant Johnson, the son of Mrs. Ethyl Johnson of Chico, will be buried Friday at 3 P.M. after services in the Huddleston Funeral Chapel under the direction of Chico Post No. 17, American Legion, with Rev. L.G. Morony, post chaplain officiating. A sister, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, also of Chico, survives. He was a tail gunner on a B24 bomber when killed.
Interment on March 3, 1948, per Chico Cemetery Association Records.
1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Hallie L. Johnson, aged 29, foreman construction company, bp ID, father CA, mother MO; Ethel G. aged 27, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 7; Dorothy J. aged 5 -- both born CA.
1930 census Chico, Butte, CA: Ethel Johnson, aged 38, widow, hotel pastry cook, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 17; Dorothy aged 15 -- both born CA, father ID, mother OR.
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Gordon died in the crash landing of his B 24 "Seafood Mama" -a member of the 321 Jolly Roger Squadron-after completing a mission in Papua, New Guinea. Service in the Pacific Theatre.
~~~
Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, March 3, 1948, pg 11 col 1: Chico War Dead Will Be Buried Next Weekend. Chico (Butte Co.), March 3 – Four of Chico’s returned war dead – Staff Sergeant Gordon C. Johnson, Private First Class Harold C. Fisher, First Sergeant Earl L. Watson and Private First Class Floyd Morris Meinberg – will be buried in the Chico Cemetery Friday and Saturday.
Sergeant Johnson, the son of Mrs. Ethyl Johnson of Chico, will be buried Friday at 3 P.M. after services in the Huddleston Funeral Chapel under the direction of Chico Post No. 17, American Legion, with Rev. L.G. Morony, post chaplain officiating. A sister, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, also of Chico, survives. He was a tail gunner on a B24 bomber when killed.
Interment on March 3, 1948, per Chico Cemetery Association Records.
1930 census Chico, Butte, CA: Ethel Johnson, aged 38, widow, hotel pastry cook, bp OR, father KS, mother OR; Gordon aged 17; Dorothy aged 15 -- both born CA, father ID, mother OR.
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Gordon died in the crash landing of his B 24 "Seafood Mama" -a member of the 321 Jolly Roger Squadron-after completing a mission in Papua, New Guinea. Service in the Pacific Theatre.
~~~
Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, March 3, 1948, pg 11 col 1: Chico War Dead Will Be Buried Next Weekend. Chico (Butte Co.), March 3 – Four of Chico’s returned war dead – Staff Sergeant Gordon C. Johnson, Private First Class Harold C. Fisher, First Sergeant Earl L. Watson and Private First Class Floyd Morris Meinberg – will be buried in the Chico Cemetery Friday and Saturday.
Sergeant Johnson, the son of Mrs. Ethyl Johnson of Chico, will be buried Friday at 3 P.M. after services in the Huddleston Funeral Chapel under the direction of Chico Post No. 17, American Legion, with Rev. L.G. Morony, post chaplain officiating. A sister, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, also of Chico, survives. He was a tail gunner on a B24 bomber when killed.
Interment on March 3, 1948, per Chico Cemetery Association Records.
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