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Show SERVICE MAN'S RITES PLANNED NEXT SUNDAY Petty Officer 3C Charles Rex Johnson, 22, who enlisted in the U. S. navy July 28, 1942, died at a naval hospital at Treasure island is-land early Tuesday morning of complications resulting from dengue den-gue fever. He had been receiving treatment the past two months for a recurrence of the disease which he contracted while in the Pacific and for which he was treated for several months in a British hospital. A son of Howard and Lola Ab-planalp Ab-planalp Johnson, Petty Officer Johnson was born March 10, 1921. at Roosevelt. A graduate of Roosevelt high school, he was outstanding as an athlete and as a musician in the school band and in orchestras. He was employed by Utah Copper Cop-per company for three years before be-fore he entered service and made his home with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Apostal. He was home on leave during the Christmas holidays and visited here. He married Miss Kathorine Konomos of Salt Lake City, formerly form-erly of Bingham, at Reno, Nev., on December 28, 1943. Surviving are his wife and his mother, Mrs. Howard Hooper, San Francisco, and a brother, Max Johnson, serving in the merchant marine. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at a Roosevelt LDS ward chapel. A large number num-ber of relatives and friends from Bingham are planning to attend the rites. |