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Grave marker for Kermit W. Johnson and spouse in Plot
E, Site 1167 of the Willamette National Cemetery, Portland
(Multnomah county), Oregon. Kermit enlisted
in the Army at Tacoma, WA on 9 October 1942 and was assigned to
Company B, 508th PIR.
Pvt Johnson participated in the Jump into Normandy
and is known to have been in combat during the Battle of the Bulge.
It is unclear whether he made the jump into Holland.
Pfc Johnson was awarded the Combat infantryman
badge and the Bronze Service Arrowhead device for his participation
in the Normandy assault and ensuing campaign. |
