Horace Farrah St. Johns was born in Manchester, Tennessee to Homer Hicks St. Johns and Leona Lorance. Husband of Corinne Dora Doche.
He Died of wounds in Germany
Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, C, 12, 2
The Chattanooga Daily Times, 25 March 1945
First Lt. Horace F. St. Johns, husband of the former Miss Corrine Doche, Claridge Apartments, Georgia Avenue, was serving his third tour of army duty. Lt. St. Johns, former chief clerk of Hamilton County Selective Service Board 1, was killed in action in Germany, March 10, the War Department notified his wife. A graduate of Chattanooga High School in 1935, he volunteered for army duty in August, 1942. The son-in-law of Mrs. F.E. Doche, Georgia Avenue, he is survived by his wife; his father, who resides in Woodbury, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Hubert Howard and Mrs. H.M. Heninger, and five brothers.
- Rank: First Lieutenant
- Date of birth: 16 March 1914
- Date of death: 10 March 1945
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 556th Anti-Aircraft Arty (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XI, Middle Panel
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