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PVT Erford M Johnson Veteran

Birth
Plymouth, Chenango County, New York, USA
Death
9 Jun 1942 (aged 21)
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
MONUMENT to MEMORIAL ID 56752317 Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #12024698
Enlistment Date: 06/18/1941
31st Infantry Regiment
Awards: Bronze Star

Erford M. Johnson is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Madison County, New York.

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The Cabanatuan Memorial is located 85 miles north of Manila, within the city of Cabanatuan, Luzon, and Republic of the Philippines. It marks the site of the Japanese Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp where approximately 75,000 American and Philippine servicemen and civilians were held captive from 1942 to 1945, after the fall of the Philippine Island during World War II.
The memorial consists of a 90-foot concrete base in the center of which rests a marble altar. It is surrounded on three sides by a fence of steel rods and on the fourth by a
Wall of Honor upon which are inscribed the names of the approximately 3,000 Americans who lost their lives while being held captive. Co-located on the site are the West Point Monument, which pays homage to the 170 American and 6 Filipino graduates of the U.S. Military Academy who lost their lives during the defense of the Philippines or while prisoner of war at Cabanatuan and the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor (a Filipino veterans organization) memorial which salutes their American fallen comrades.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #12024698
Enlistment Date: 06/18/1941
31st Infantry Regiment
Awards: Bronze Star

Erford M. Johnson is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Madison County, New York.

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The Cabanatuan Memorial is located 85 miles north of Manila, within the city of Cabanatuan, Luzon, and Republic of the Philippines. It marks the site of the Japanese Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp where approximately 75,000 American and Philippine servicemen and civilians were held captive from 1942 to 1945, after the fall of the Philippine Island during World War II.
The memorial consists of a 90-foot concrete base in the center of which rests a marble altar. It is surrounded on three sides by a fence of steel rods and on the fourth by a
Wall of Honor upon which are inscribed the names of the approximately 3,000 Americans who lost their lives while being held captive. Co-located on the site are the West Point Monument, which pays homage to the 170 American and 6 Filipino graduates of the U.S. Military Academy who lost their lives during the defense of the Philippines or while prisoner of war at Cabanatuan and the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor (a Filipino veterans organization) memorial which salutes their American fallen comrades.

Inscription

JOHNSON ERFORD M PVT


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  • Created by: Eric Ackerman
  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205658288/erford_m-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Erford M Johnson (10 May 1921–9 Jun 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205658288, citing Cabanatuan Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).