Lemons, John Robert, PFC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Private First Class
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
590-Duty Soldier III
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1946-1947, 657, 36th Infantry Division
Service Years
1943 - 1947
Infantry
Private First Class
One Service Stripe
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Mississippi
Mississippi
 Year of Birth
1925
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Bethlehem, Mississippi		 Last Address
Route 1, Box 27, Potts Camp
Date of Passing
Feb 21, 1947		  
Location of Interment
Bethlehem Methodist Church - Bethlehem, Mississippi

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In the Line of Duty
  1947, In the Line of Duty


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Last Known Activity:

John Robert Lemons was a son of John Alexander Lemmons and Evie Ola Wilson Lemons.

John Robert was a brother to James Willie Lemons, Living Lemons, Ruthie Ellen Elizabeth Lemons St. John, Thelma Idell Lemons Hanks, Harley Weekley Lemons, SR and Bobby Eli Lemons.

PFC John Robert Lemons was killed February 21, 1947 around 2 o'clock A. M. in a oilpipe/waterheater explosion. Two quonset huts burnt to ashes in 5 minutes. 
Lemons lost his life in one of the huts.

The tragic accident occured at Keflavik airport in Keflavik, Iceland.

PFC John Robert Lemons was in the 36th Infantry. He was in the South Pacific 2 years and 10 months.
   
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   1943-1946, 590, 33rd Infantry Division

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Clarkson, Percy, MG, (1916-1953) USA 0002 Major General
Millikin, John, MG, (1910-1948) USA 0002 Major General
Draper, William Henry, MG, (1918-1949) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Myers, Donald, BG, (1917-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Collins, Arthur S., LTG, (1938-1974) IN 1542 Colonel
Bumpus, William, S/SGT, (1940-1945) AR 610 Staff Sergeant
Coffman, William E., T/3, (1943-1946) MD 409 Technician Third Grade
Mockler, Lee, S/SGT, (1942-1945) MI 631 Technician Third Grade
Wise, Mervin, SGT, (1942-1945) UN 00E Sergeant
Lewis, Christopher QM 824 Technician Fourth Grade
Fukuhara, Harry Katsuji, COL, (1942-1971) MI 320 Corporal
Baratta, Samuel Philip, PFC, (1942-1945) UN 00E Private First Class
Cosner, Porter W., PFC, (1941-1945) MD 657 Private First Class
Boehm, Walter, PFC, (1944-1946) IN Private First Class
Babbitt, Clyde, SFC, (1938-1970) Technician Fourth Grade
Soule, Syrester, PFC, (1942-1945) Private First Class
Edmonds, Joseph Reno, T/4, (1941-1944) Technician Fourth Grade
Russo, Michael J., PFC, (1942-1945) Private First Class
Vijil, Juan J, PFC, (1942-1945) Private First Class
33rd Quartermaster Company
Siron, George, T/5, (1940-1945) TC 732 Technician Fifth Grade

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