From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
November 15, 1943
Active Duty Exit
October 2, 1945
Exit Rank
Private First Class
Notes
Lucille M. Johnson was separated from her husband when she enlisted in the Army in Fort Hayes, OH, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. She was born in London, KY. She was a nurse whose permanent residence was given as Fairmont, WV on her enlistment application. She left from Terrace Village in Pittsburgh, PA for her basic training at Fort Des Moines, IA.
Lucille served with the Medical Detachment Section II. After her military service, her Pennsylvania military application for compensation was denied: "Disallowed. Non-resident of Penna. at time of entry into active duty." Her home address on the compensation application was in Cleveland, OH, where she died in 1955. She is buried in Highland Park Cemetery.
Sources: Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files in Ancestry; "WAC volunteers leave for training," The Pittsburgh Press, 12/10/1943, p. 24; U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans in Ancestry; and Lucille "Lucy" Johnson at Find A Grave [numbers transposed in birthdate].
*Terrace Village was a low cost public housing development in Pittsburgh. Read more at the Historic Pittsburgh website hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Lucille served with the Medical Detachment Section II. After her military service, her Pennsylvania military application for compensation was denied: "Disallowed. Non-resident of Penna. at time of entry into active duty." Her home address on the compensation application was in Cleveland, OH, where she died in 1955. She is buried in Highland Park Cemetery.
Sources: Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files in Ancestry; "WAC volunteers leave for training," The Pittsburgh Press, 12/10/1943, p. 24; U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans in Ancestry; and Lucille "Lucy" Johnson at Find A Grave [numbers transposed in birthdate].
*Terrace Village was a low cost public housing development in Pittsburgh. Read more at the Historic Pittsburgh website hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
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Outside Kentucky Place Name
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| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: The Pittsburgh press (newspaper) |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Johnson, Lucille M.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/300004515.
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