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Honor
Union County, South
Carolina
Genealogy Trails
Richard Hughes
Johnson
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Union, South Carolina; Graduated from Clemon College
in 1915, majoring in Agronomy; World War I, US
Army, First Lieutenant, 56th Infantry; Died November 10,
1918 while taking part in engagements in Preny
Ridge and Metz. Shot down by machine gun fire while
leading his men in action at Metz. Died of wounds,
Lorraine France. Buried: Plot D Row 3 Grave 18, St.
Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France. |
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photo courtesy of
Clemson College
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The State, December 23,
1918, page 8, col. 3
"Fell While Leading His Men
Forward"
Lieut. R.H. Johnson of the Fifty-six
Infantry, who was killed in France November 10. A
fellow officer said of him, "He was ever willing, true,
brave and courageous." His widow lives at Mt.
Tabor. |
William Joseph Douglass
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Jonesville, South Carolina; Graduated from Clemon
College in 1926, majoring in Agronomy; World War
II, US Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 319th Infantry
Regiment, 80th Infantry Division; Died October 7, 1944
-Killed in Action; Buried, St. Avold Moselle,
France. |
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Clemson College
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