Johnston, Warren Roy
- Date of birth:
- January 24th, 1926 (Escanaba/Delta County, Michigan, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 21st, 1944 (Lent/near Nijmegen, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Service number:
- 36457058
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Sources
- Photo 1: findagrave.com by Hudson Louie
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31582
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/johnston/433d721c-4881-493a-8c9a-a5d8ae07b43d
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103802797/warren_roy-johnston
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/489624/
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152877301/person/172083524905/facts?_phsrc=DrQ494&_phstart=successSource
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