Military Involvement
Servicemen - J surnames | KIA | POW | Died/nonbattle |
Johnson, Arthur H. | |||
Johnson, Leslie Joyce | DOW |
Robert Ward Jernegan was born Nov. 2, 1908 to Howard and Emma Castar Jernegan. He died July 8, 1991 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, IA.
Sgt. Jernegan served with the U.S. Army in World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Earl H. Johnson was born July 17, 1911 to William and Mary Hunst Johnson. He died May 22, 1949 and is buried in Belmond Cemetery, Belmond, IA. Pvt. Johnson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 276th Coast Artillery.
Source: ancestry.com
James Herman Johnson was born May 18, 1908 to Peter and Wilhelmina Worra Johnson. He died Nov. 3, 1983 and is buried in Holmes Lutheran Cemetery, Holmes, IA.
James served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Willard Johnson was born Apr. 19, 1909 to Jacob J. and Martha Johnson. He died May 28, 1946 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, IA.
Willard served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, and Rhineland in Central Europe. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, Silver Battle Star, Three Overseas Service Bars, Good Conduct Medal and the Belgian Fourragere Award.
Source: ancestry.com
Fred Gaylord “Gaylord” Jones was born Sept. 17, 1918 to George and Iva Meiers Jones. He died Mar. 27, 2015 and is buried in the French Cemetery, Woolstock, IA.
MSgt. Jones served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps at an air base outside of England where he supervised the loading and unloading of ordnance.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, May & Nov 2020; updated Oct 2023