Earl E. Johnson
Service # 6587357
Rank: Private, U. S. Army
Unit: Harbor Defense of Manila
Entered Service From: Montana
Date of Death: 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
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1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Black Eagle, Great Falls Township, Cascade County, Montana (sheet 1A, family 3) – Earl E. Johnson (10 Montana).
Two Join Army
Earl E. Johnson, 20, 706 Eighth avenue north, and Jack W. Simons, 19, 909 Eighth avenue north, were enlisted in the army the fore part of the month. Serg. Thomas Ewing, local recruiting officer, has been informed. Johnson had joined the coast artillery at the Philippine Islands...Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), Thursday, 14 March 1940, page 7.
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Sausalito Judicial Township, Marin County, California (sheet 6A, line 39) – Private Earl E. Johnson (20 Montana, soldier, U.S. Army). He had lived in rural, Madison County, Montana. Earl had completed 8th grade.
Private Earl E. Johnson was sent to the Philippine Islands. At some point he was transferred to the Harbor Defense of Manila.
On 08 December 1941 war came to the Philippines. Private First Class Earl E. Johnson was captured by the Japanese when the Philippines fell in April/May 1942. He was taken to the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Private First Class Earl E. Johnson (S/N 6587357), age 22, died at 11:30 pm, 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the prison hospital. Earl was one of 10 men to die that day. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died that day.
By the time his family received word that he was a prisoner of war, Earl was already dead.
Montanans in the Service Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, 817½ Ninth street south, is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippine Islands. Private Johnson enlisted in the artillery in November, 1939. Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana) Monday, 01 March 1943, page 4.
MONTANANS DIE
Washington, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The war department announced today that Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, Great Falls, Montana and Corp. George G. Simmons, son of Homer Simmons, Hamilton, Montana, were among American soldiers reported by the International Red Cross to have died in Japanese prison camps since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Source: The Independent-Record (Helena, Montana), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 10.
After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. He was reinterred in Block 2, Row 20, Grave 2546 (D-D No. 7228). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for final positive identification. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Mary J. Johnson) Private Earl E. Johnson was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
You can view his Cabanatuan Memorial here: Memorial
Service # 6587357
Rank: Private, U. S. Army
Unit: Harbor Defense of Manila
Entered Service From: Montana
Date of Death: 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
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1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Black Eagle, Great Falls Township, Cascade County, Montana (sheet 1A, family 3) – Earl E. Johnson (10 Montana).
Two Join Army
Earl E. Johnson, 20, 706 Eighth avenue north, and Jack W. Simons, 19, 909 Eighth avenue north, were enlisted in the army the fore part of the month. Serg. Thomas Ewing, local recruiting officer, has been informed. Johnson had joined the coast artillery at the Philippine Islands...Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), Thursday, 14 March 1940, page 7.
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Sausalito Judicial Township, Marin County, California (sheet 6A, line 39) – Private Earl E. Johnson (20 Montana, soldier, U.S. Army). He had lived in rural, Madison County, Montana. Earl had completed 8th grade.
Private Earl E. Johnson was sent to the Philippine Islands. At some point he was transferred to the Harbor Defense of Manila.
On 08 December 1941 war came to the Philippines. Private First Class Earl E. Johnson was captured by the Japanese when the Philippines fell in April/May 1942. He was taken to the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Private First Class Earl E. Johnson (S/N 6587357), age 22, died at 11:30 pm, 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the prison hospital. Earl was one of 10 men to die that day. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died that day.
By the time his family received word that he was a prisoner of war, Earl was already dead.
Montanans in the Service Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, 817½ Ninth street south, is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippine Islands. Private Johnson enlisted in the artillery in November, 1939. Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana) Monday, 01 March 1943, page 4.
MONTANANS DIE
Washington, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The war department announced today that Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, Great Falls, Montana and Corp. George G. Simmons, son of Homer Simmons, Hamilton, Montana, were among American soldiers reported by the International Red Cross to have died in Japanese prison camps since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Source: The Independent-Record (Helena, Montana), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 10.
After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. He was reinterred in Block 2, Row 20, Grave 2546 (D-D No. 7228). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for final positive identification. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Mary J. Johnson) Private Earl E. Johnson was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
You can view his Cabanatuan Memorial here: Memorial
Earl E. Johnson
Service # 6587357
Rank: Private, U. S. Army
Unit: Harbor Defense of Manila
Entered Service From: Montana
Date of Death: 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
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1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Black Eagle, Great Falls Township, Cascade County, Montana (sheet 1A, family 3) – Earl E. Johnson (10 Montana).
Two Join Army
Earl E. Johnson, 20, 706 Eighth avenue north, and Jack W. Simons, 19, 909 Eighth avenue north, were enlisted in the army the fore part of the month. Serg. Thomas Ewing, local recruiting officer, has been informed. Johnson had joined the coast artillery at the Philippine Islands...Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), Thursday, 14 March 1940, page 7.
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Sausalito Judicial Township, Marin County, California (sheet 6A, line 39) – Private Earl E. Johnson (20 Montana, soldier, U.S. Army). He had lived in rural, Madison County, Montana. Earl had completed 8th grade.
Private Earl E. Johnson was sent to the Philippine Islands. At some point he was transferred to the Harbor Defense of Manila.
On 08 December 1941 war came to the Philippines. Private First Class Earl E. Johnson was captured by the Japanese when the Philippines fell in April/May 1942. He was taken to the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Private First Class Earl E. Johnson (S/N 6587357), age 22, died at 11:30 pm, 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the prison hospital. Earl was one of 10 men to die that day. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died that day.
By the time his family received word that he was a prisoner of war, Earl was already dead.
Montanans in the Service Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, 817½ Ninth street south, is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippine Islands. Private Johnson enlisted in the artillery in November, 1939. Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana) Monday, 01 March 1943, page 4.
MONTANANS DIE
Washington, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The war department announced today that Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, Great Falls, Montana and Corp. George G. Simmons, son of Homer Simmons, Hamilton, Montana, were among American soldiers reported by the International Red Cross to have died in Japanese prison camps since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Source: The Independent-Record (Helena, Montana), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 10.
After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. He was reinterred in Block 2, Row 20, Grave 2546 (D-D No. 7228). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for final positive identification. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Mary J. Johnson) Private Earl E. Johnson was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
You can view his Cabanatuan Memorial here: Memorial
Service # 6587357
Rank: Private, U. S. Army
Unit: Harbor Defense of Manila
Entered Service From: Montana
Date of Death: 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
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1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Black Eagle, Great Falls Township, Cascade County, Montana (sheet 1A, family 3) – Earl E. Johnson (10 Montana).
Two Join Army
Earl E. Johnson, 20, 706 Eighth avenue north, and Jack W. Simons, 19, 909 Eighth avenue north, were enlisted in the army the fore part of the month. Serg. Thomas Ewing, local recruiting officer, has been informed. Johnson had joined the coast artillery at the Philippine Islands...Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), Thursday, 14 March 1940, page 7.
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Sausalito Judicial Township, Marin County, California (sheet 6A, line 39) – Private Earl E. Johnson (20 Montana, soldier, U.S. Army). He had lived in rural, Madison County, Montana. Earl had completed 8th grade.
Private Earl E. Johnson was sent to the Philippine Islands. At some point he was transferred to the Harbor Defense of Manila.
On 08 December 1941 war came to the Philippines. Private First Class Earl E. Johnson was captured by the Japanese when the Philippines fell in April/May 1942. He was taken to the Japanese POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
Private First Class Earl E. Johnson (S/N 6587357), age 22, died at 11:30 pm, 16 November 1942, of dysentery in the prison hospital. Earl was one of 10 men to die that day. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died that day.
By the time his family received word that he was a prisoner of war, Earl was already dead.
Montanans in the Service Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, 817½ Ninth street south, is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippine Islands. Private Johnson enlisted in the artillery in November, 1939. Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana) Monday, 01 March 1943, page 4.
MONTANANS DIE
Washington, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The war department announced today that Pvt. Earl E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, Great Falls, Montana and Corp. George G. Simmons, son of Homer Simmons, Hamilton, Montana, were among American soldiers reported by the International Red Cross to have died in Japanese prison camps since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Source: The Independent-Record (Helena, Montana), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 10.
After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. He was reinterred in Block 2, Row 20, Grave 2546 (D-D No. 7228). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for final positive identification. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Mary J. Johnson) Private Earl E. Johnson was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot A, Row 2, Grave 112.
You can view his Cabanatuan Memorial here: Memorial
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