Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameDewey Maxorell Johnson
Birth2 Jan 1898, Grayson, VA1
Death8 Oct 1918, France1
Burial4 Apr 1921, Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, TN1
MotherMary Maggie Nelson (1878-1904)
Never married
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, TN1, Dewey M. Johnson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2969785
!CENSUS: 02-Jun-1900 Wilson, Grayson, VA, 30/30, Dewey M. Johnson, born Jan-1898
!REFERENCE: 1918, "Dewey Maxorell was born 2 January 1898, Troutdale, Grayson County, Virginia. Son of William Hannibal Jesse Franklin Johnson (1874 – 1969) and Mary Nelson Johnson (1878 – 1904). Brother of Lenora F. Owensby, Amie Johnson, Louis Vivian Johnson, Marie Johnson Ross, Imogene Johnson Sexton, Charles Hughes Johnson and Wilbur Harris Johnson. Dewey M. Johnson enlisted in Company C, 117th Infantry, with which he went to Camp Sevier, SC, and trained. Arriving in France in May 1918, he participated in the fighting in Belgium and in the attack on the Hindenburg Line. Sergeant Johnson was killed in action in the attack on October 8, east of Nauroy. Dewey M. Johnson was initially buried at the American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France. Burial at Knoxville National Cemetery, B-16, 3652. Rank: Sergeant
Date of birth: 2 January 1898
Date of death: 8 October 1918
County: Knox
Hometown: Knoxville
Service Branch: Army
Division/Assignment: Company C, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Theater: Europe
Conflict: World War I
Battles: Hindenburg Line
Burial/Memorial Location: Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, TN
Location In Memorial: Pillar IV, Top Panel
", https://etvma.org/veterans/dewey-m-johnson-6719/
!REFERENCE: 1918, "Killed in action. Sergeant Dewey M. Johnson, Knoxville, Tenn.", https://www.genealogybuff.com/misc/ww1/il-ww1-ago-casualties55.htm
!REFERENCE: 1918, "KIA 8 October, Sergeant Dewey M. Johnson - C Company, 117th Infantry"
!REFERENCE: 02-Apr-1921 Knoxville Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, page 19, obituary for Dewey M. Johnson
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