Earl David JOHNSON^[1]

1897 - 1918  (21 years)

• Name	Earl David JOHNSON
  Born	10 Apr 1897	Soldier, Jackson, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	WWI - Co B, 137th Inf 35 Div
  Military Flag	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed in battle
  Died	28 Sep 1918	Argonne Forest, France
  Buried	1919	Soldier Cemetery, Jackson, Kansas
  Person ID	I29651	Main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew Pinkerton JOHNSON,   b. 28 May 1855, Leroy, McLean, Illinois ,   d. 10 Jan 1905, Soldier, Jackson, Kansas  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann COULTER,   b. 4 Jun 1859, Indiana ,   d. 3 Sep 1933, Soldier, Jackson, Kansas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1877	Idaho
  Family ID	F10134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 28 Sep 1918 - Argonne Forest, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  18 Apr 1918 Letter home from Ross Thompson [cousin], Earl Johnson has the mumps so will join his company later. ----- The Battle of Argonne Forest: Although the Meuse-Argonne was "probably the bloodiest single battle in U.S. history", in the sense that it had the largest number of U.S. dead in a single battle, it is little remembered today in the United States. Its battleground memorials are neglected by most American visitors to Europe, though Europeans pay more attention to them and other World War I battlegrounds and memorials. The battle also hailed the debut of the Browning Automatic Rifle in combat, with both the US and France using them significantly for the first time in battle. According to the American view, the battle's pressure on the Germans was an important factor in their agreeing to the armistice: "Until the last, this battle had worried German commanders most; unlike other sectors of the front, here they had little space short of a vital objective that they could afford to trade for time." Many historians have since begun to debate the legitimacy of this claim, with many believing that the Meuse-Argonne offensive was simply a diversion from greater allied offensives and successes elsewhere.«s76»

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.