In Memoriam
7th Armored Division Military Police Platoon
Deaths in Europe
Alphabetical List
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Spare a minute
to think
of the young who didn't grow up,
and how young they looked when they died,
and how no one will ever remember them looking tired and middle-aged
or even be bored by tiresome recitals of the time of their youth.

- - - - Russell Baker "How to Observe Dec. 7" (NY Times, Dec. 1965)

Leonard Johnson's name is from the June 30, 1947 list compiled by the Adjutant General. Since then Robert Hicks' name has been added to the web page. See the white box just below for how you can let me know about any errors you find or names that are missing.

I have not checked all these names against the American Battle Monuments Commission's World War II Honor Roll. If you want to check a name on the Honor Roll, click here.

Please Help to Tell These Men's Stories and Preserve Their Memory!

PLEASE contact Wesley Johnston at the address below if you have any information on any man of the unit who died overseas, such as:

  • photos
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  • information on what platoon and squad they were in
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    So they will not be “Forgot”
    There is a word
    Which bears a sword
    It hurls its barbed syllables,-
    At once is mute again.
    But where it fell
    The saved will tell
    On patriotic day,
    Some epauletted brother
    Gave his breath away.
    Wherever runs the breathless sun,
    Wherever roams the day,
    There is its noiseless onset,
    There is its victory!
    Behold the keenest marksman!
    The most accomplished shot!
    Time’s sublimest target
    Is a soul “forgot”!
         ----- Emily Dickinson

    A Note for the Children of these Men

    The American World War II Orphans Network (AWON) is an organization created by and for those who lost their father in World War II. AWON has an annual conference and a newsletter filled with useful information. Click here to go to the AWON web page and find those who share your experience.

    7th Armored Division Military Police Platoon Overseas Deaths in World War II
    1. Hicks, Pfc. Robert C. (12067626)
      • Died: May 9, 1945 - location unknown
      • Last Duty Location: Germany (somewhere near the Baltic Sea) on unknown date
      • MOS: unknown
      • Home State: NY
      • Buried at: Netherlands USMC (Margraten, Holland) D-4-16
    2. Johnson, Pfc. Leonard W. (35264895)
      • Died: September 17, 1944 - location unknown
      • Last Duty Location: vic. Metz, France on unknown date
      • MOS: unknown
      • Home State: WV
      • Buried at: Ray Cemetery; Bear Creek (Salt Rock area), WV
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