Wesley R Johnson
#3355, b. 11 June 1911, d. 9 September 1944
Father* | George Chester Johnson b. Sep 1872, d. 15 Apr 1939 |
Mother* | Imogene Reed b. 20 Mar 1876, d. 5 Nov 1934 |
Wesley R Johnson was born on 11 June 1911 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. He was the son of George Chester Johnson and Imogene Reed. Wesley and Mary Alice Clarke were married 27 March 1935 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, "Miss Mary Alice Clarke and Wesley Johnson were married...Harvey Hudson sang..1,2 Wesley R Johnson died on 9 September 1944 at age 33 B-24 Pilot Dead
Army Tells Wife
Capt. Wesley Johnson, 34, pilot of a B-24 bomber in the army ferry command, was killed in a plane crash in India, according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Mary Alice Johnson, 2416 N. E. 11th avenue.
Capt. Johnson, a private pilot before entering the army air forces in 1942, received his commission at Long Beach, Cal., in 1942. Promoted to captain last July, he was stationed in the China-India-Burma theater at the time of his death.3 He was buried Q1106, National Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii; Name: Wesley Johnson
Veteran's Rank: CAPT
Branch: US Air Force Last known address: 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu, HI 96813
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1911
Death Date: 9 Sep 1944
Interment Date: 20 Jun 1949
Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Buried At: Section Q Site 1106
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/nmcp.htm.
Army Tells Wife
Capt. Wesley Johnson, 34, pilot of a B-24 bomber in the army ferry command, was killed in a plane crash in India, according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Mary Alice Johnson, 2416 N. E. 11th avenue.
Capt. Johnson, a private pilot before entering the army air forces in 1942, received his commission at Long Beach, Cal., in 1942. Promoted to captain last July, he was stationed in the China-India-Burma theater at the time of his death.3 He was buried Q1106, National Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii; Name: Wesley Johnson
Veteran's Rank: CAPT
Branch: US Air Force Last known address: 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu, HI 96813
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1911
Death Date: 9 Sep 1944
Interment Date: 20 Jun 1949
Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Buried At: Section Q Site 1106
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/nmcp.htm.
Family of Wesley and Mary
- Charts
- Bobbitt, William (Captain) # 6079, b 1744, Virginia, d 1817 Fancy Gap, Virginia
Brown, Benonia # 4108, lived in New York
Hardwick, J. # 2729, probably from Virginia mid 18th century
Humphries, George # 2771 b ca 1770, North Carolina, d aft 1850, Kentucky
Parks, (--?--) # 3649, in Maryland bef 1770
Reed, Calvin # 3348, in Michigan before 1835
Bobbitt, William (Captain) # 6079
Brown, Benonia # 4108
Hardwick, J. # 2729
Humphries, George # 2771 b ca 1770 d aft 1850
Parks, (--?--) # 3649
Reed, Calvin # 3348
Last Edited=7 Jun 2020
Citations
- [S441] GenealogyBank, online GenealogyBank.com, Oregonian. (Portland, Oregon) 25 Mar 1935, p 8, Portland licenses. Hereinafter cited as GenealogyBank.
- [S441] GenealogyBank, online GenealogyBank.com, Oregonian. (Portland, Oregon) 31 Mar 1935, p 29, Portland licenses. Hereinafter cited as GenealogyBank.
- [S466] B-24 Pilot Dead..., The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 1 Oct 1944, p 17.