Name:
Lawrence Miller Johnson
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
6709892
Unit:
2nd Ranger Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-07
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
J
Row:
6
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
Lawrence Miller Johnson was born on November 17, 1911, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served in Company D, 2nd Ranger Battalion, as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 7, 1944, at the age of 32, at Pointe du Hoc, during the American assault on Omaha and Utah beaches in France. SSgt Johnson was among the Rangers who advanced south from Pointe du Hoc in search of the missing guns. That night, he defended a corner of the Rangers' defensive perimeter that bore the brunt of the first German counterattacks. Johnson was killed during the second counterattack. He is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
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