David William Johns – Private First Class, United States Marine Corps

He was killed-in-action during World War II during the Battle for Guadalcanal on October 9, 1942.

His body was finally discovered in 1970 and his, and the bodies of five other Marines, was returned for burial in a common grave in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery.

Also see USMC Guadalcanal casualties.


JOHNS, DAVID WILLIAM
PFC U S M C
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/29/1923
DATE OF DEATH: 10/09/1942
DATE OF INTERMENT: 06/28/1972
BURIED AT: SECTION 34  SITE 5015
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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