Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 7-Apr-1947
Hometown: Trenton, New Jersey
Marital status: Married to Carol M. Johnson
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Jul-1966
Start of tour: 11-Jul-1967
Incident date: 30-Aug-1967
Date of casualty: 30-Aug-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died while missing. Unknown. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Howard Warner Johnson Jr died as the result of metal fragment wound received when hostile mortar round detonated in area where he was on perimeter defense.
Location of fatality: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA
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