Age 31. 52 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA. Born on 6/28/1911, in Leominster, MA. Died of suffocation (death certificate). Cabinet maker, Grand Furniture Co., Inc., of Boston. Was pronounced dead at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Companion (or companions) if any at the club unknown. One of the first two Grove casualties identified by name in a "6 a.m. Extra" special early edition of the 11/29/1942 Boston Herald (also victim bartender Vincent Preziuso, age 22). Was raised in the Hub neighborhoods of Roxbury and Roslindale, MA. Was a graduate of Jamaica Plain High School, Boston. Was married but separated, wife former Mabel F. Grimes, age 27 (Born 9/20/1915. Died as Mabel G. Walker on 11/02/1958, age 43. Last residence Somerville). Wife was not present. Married in 1935, in Manchester, NH. Couple was living apart as of the 1940 federal census. Left no children. His widowed wife remarried in 1944. Solid frame (WWII draft registration, October '40: 6' 0½," 180 lbs. Obvious physical characteristics: "...tattoo left arm"). Was one of eight victims from the nearby city of Somerville (also Miss Sophia Antico, age 28, Mrs. Rose Bean, age 18, Miss Marjorie Currier, age 39, Joseph Fortunati, age 28, Miss Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Keefe, age 20, Sica "Sam" Wyner, age 28, all patrons, and the above bartender Mr. Preziuso). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Julius A. and Agnes C. (Petterson) Johnson. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, MA. One of 12 casualties interred at Oak Grove Cemetery (also Miss Marion "Minnie" Chalmers, age 30, John Collins, age 22, Mrs. Margaret Esther Conley, age 41, Charles Fauci, Jr., age 21, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy and Margaret Feeny, ages 34 and 33, S/Sergt. James Kelley, U.S.M.C., age 25, Norman Paré, age 25, Miss Ruth Preble, age 27, Mrs. Margaret Stewart, age 25, all patrons, and Grove cashier William Warren, age 24). Middle name Robert.

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